Bryson,
nominated
for
the
post
by
President
Barack
Obama
and
sworn
into
office
last
October,
had
an
energy
industry
career
distinguished
by
lofty
posts
including
chairman
and
chief
executive
of
Edison
International,
the
parent
company
of
utility
Southern
California
Edison
and
power
generation
business
Edison
Mission
Group;
chairman
of
the
board
at
BrightSource
Energy,
the
solar
power
tower
project
developer;
and
president
of
California
Public
Utilities
Commission.
Earlier
in
his
career,
Bryson
co-founded
the
Natural
Resources
Defense
Council.
His
tenure
at
the
sprawling
Department
of
Commerce
overlapped
with…
