Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Kevin McIntyre has died at 57.
The big picture: McIntyre, a Republican, had stepped aside as chairman of the commission last fall after announcing a "serious health setback." E&E News, which first reported on his passing, notes that McIntyre's brief time heading FERC was nonetheless consequential. He led the unanimous rejection of Energy Secretary Rick Perry's request for sweeping changes in power market rules to benefit coal-fired and nuclear plants, and he launched a review of how FERC vets gas pipeline proposals.