NATION : Texan in Line for Energy Post
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WASHINGTON — The White House said today that Martha O. Hesse is stepping down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and President Bush will nominate Martin Lewis Allday as her successor.
Allday, 63, a lawyer from Midland, Tex., is a longtime friend of Bush and became solicitor of the Department of Interior earlier this year.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Hesse is resigning to become a vice president of the First Chicago Corp. Hesse, a former Energy Department official, has served on the commission for five years, three as chairman.
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