John Carlson, Deputy Director

John Carlson is the Deputy Director, Office of Electric Reliability. In this position Mr. Carlson is responsible for advising the Commission on Technical and Policy issues relating to Electric Reliability and Cyber Security. He was appointed to this position in 2010.

Mr. Carlson has been a member of FERC's technical staff for the past 30 years. Prior to being appointed to his current position, he served as the Deputy Director of the Division of Electric Power Regulation - West, in FERC's Office of Energy Market Regulation.

Mr. Carlson earned a B.A. degree from Michigan State University, and an M.A. degree from American University.