Senate, House Press Competing Views On FERC’s Clean Power Response

Senate Democrats and House Republicans are raising dueling concerns with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about the reliability implications of clean energy, with Democrats pressing the agency to support a shift to clean energy while protecting reliability as GOP lawmakers eye policies to support fossil fuel generators. The stances, outlined in recent letters to FERC following its annual reliability technical conference in November, highlight some overlap among lawmakers from both parties about the notion that current FERC policies are...