DOE, EPA officials offer advice as FERC turns focus to environmental justice

摘要

In a further sign of a shift in focus at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission, the agency got advice from US Department of Energyand Environmental Protection Agency officials about how to improveengagement and better consider environmental justice issues as thecommission makes key energy infrastructure decisions.“I think this office can be a holder and keeper of data to ensurethat the same communities are not sought out again and again forinfrastructure,” Shalanda Baker, DOE’s new deputy director for energyjustice told commissioners.