Manchin Urges FERC To Weigh Hill Democrats’ Clean Power Incentives

September 28, 2021
Senate energy committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) is expressing concerns that House Democrats’ proposal for a clean electricity performance program (CEPP) as part of budget reconciliation legislation could undermine grid reliability, and is asking federal energy regulators to help him sort through such concerns. “I just can't for the life of me keep writing checks from our treasury for publicly traded companies that have shareholders that are basically benefiting off of the investments we’re making with no return to taxpayers,”...


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