White House expected to tap DOE’s McNamee to fill key FERC seat

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The White House is expected to tap DOE official Bernard McNamee tornfill the soon-to-be-vacant FERC seat, according to variousrnWashington sources.rnFilling the post quickly would lower chances some midstreamrnnatural gas infrastructure will be caught in a 2-2 split at therncommission, given recent dissents on some projects. On the otherrnhand, McNamee’s backing of DOE initiatives to keep coal and nuclearrnpower plants afloat could stoke gas industry fears of erosion to theirrnedge in wholesale power markets.