Commissioner Glick is gone. Commissioner Clements is leaving. The pipeline statements lie dormant. The acting Chairman is a reasonable man who understands the importance of electricity reliability. Not bad for a "debunked" accusation from "conservative media groups" (whatever that means).
Politico (2/13/24) reports: "The nation’s powerful energy regulator is poised to lose its biggest climate advocate and potentially shut down one of the White House’s best avenues to push its green policies. Allison Clements told POLITICO last week she won’t seek another term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency crafting rules that could have a massive impact on the nation’s efforts to upgrade the power grid. That buildout is needed to accommodate a huge backlog of wind and solar projects that are critical to meeting the Biden administration’s climate and clean energy goals...Clements, who has a background as an environmental attorney, often drew the ire of Capitol Hill Republicans. During a hearing on Capitol Hill last year, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed her on a largely debunked accusation from conservative media groups that her attendance at a clean energy group foundation’s dinner was improper. Clements had argued the meeting did not violate FERC’s ethics rules, an assertion backed by the agency’s ethics office. In an email, former FERC Chair Glick sympathized with the criticisms Clements has faced as an outspoken regulator on clean energy, relating it to his own efforts to address climate issues that likely contributed to his ousting from the commission over a year ago."
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"U.S. policymakers should heed warnings from Europe, and embrace a policy of making American electricity once again the most reliable and affordable on Earth."
– Mario Loyola, Heritage Foundation
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