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Charles B. Curtis | |
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| 11th United States Deputy Secretary of Energy | |
| In office August 1995 – May 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bill White |
| Succeeded by | Frank Blake |
| Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | |
| In office October 1, 1977 – January 1, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Chair of the Federal Power Commission) |
| Succeeded by | Georgiana Sheldon (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1940 Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | President Emeritus and Board Member of the Nuclear Threat Initiative |
Charles B. Curtis (born April 27, 1940) is an American lawyer, currently senior advisor (nonresident) to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, vice chair of the United States Department of State's International Security Advisory Board, 2011 through 2017, former member of the National Academies Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group, and President Emeritus of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a non-profit organization working to reduce the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. In addition to working in private practice for more than sixteen years, Curtis served as the last chairman of the Federal Power Commission and the first chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 1977 to 1981. In 1994 he was appointed and confirmed as undersecretary and then deputy secretary of the US Department of Energy. He has held positions on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.