FERC's Tense Partisan Split Could Complicate Gas-Heavy Fall Agenda

摘要

The freshly GOP-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC)is already facing some potential challenges as it looks to tackle an ambitious fall agenda that includes new gas pipeline and LNG approval metrics and modernizing decades-old utility regulations that could boost gas demand.During the commission's first meeting since Democrat Cheryl LaFleur resigned last month,leaving a 2-1 Republican majority,FERC on Sep.19 made strides toward ticking off at least part of the agenda.But with a tenuous quorum in place and tensions growing among the remaining members,further action may well fall victim