Democratic FERC members reject Republicans’ energy transition cost, reliability concerns

摘要

Democratic Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members pushedback on Republicans’ claims made earlier this week about reliabilitythreats and significant costs associated with transitioning to cleanerenergy sources.Chairman Richard Glick responded directly to Commissioner JamesDanly’s assertion that passage of the Clean Electricity PerformanceProgram, which Democrats included in the proposed budgetreconciliation bill, would amount to “effectively dropping an H-bomb”into organized electricity markets. All four commissioners testifiedbefore the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 28.