U.S. Energy Agency to Take on $50 Billion Backlog as Senate Acts
- FERC regains quorum after Senate fills two of four vacancies
- Natural gas pipeline builders hoping to move forward
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The main U.S. energy regulator can get back to the business of approving multibillion-dollar natural gas pipelines after the Senate moved to fill two of four vacancies at the long-crippled agency.
Senators on Thursday confirmed the nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of Robert Powelson, former chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and Neil Chatterjee, a senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.