‘Every President’s Second Choice’ By Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur last week provided a clip show of anecdotes from her tenure at the commission, giving attendees at the Energy Bar Association’s annual meeting an insider’s view of the nearly constant change of the past several years. The...

By Michael Brooks Exelon on Wednesday announced it will permanently shut down the nearly 45-year-old Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Londonderry Township, Pa., by Sept. 30. The company is making good on its May 2017 promise to close the plant absent the Pennsylvania General Assembly providing it subsidies before...

By Michael Brooks A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill intended to speed development of the next generation of nuclear reactors appears to have broad support, but passage may hinge on the fate of several other bills in the chamber that would address the long lingering issue of building a permanent repository...

By Michael Brooks HOUSTON — The Gulf Coast Power Association’s annual Spring Conference last week began the day after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to Illinois’ and New York’s zero-emission credit programs. The court’s decision was a stark reminder that individual states are driving changes to the...

By Michael Brooks CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was no stated theme to this year’s Transmission Resiliency Summit, held at Electric Power Research Institute laboratories last week, but some common motifs ran through the event. The North American Transmission Forum (NATF), headquartered less than 6 miles west of the EPRI labs,...

By Michael Brooks CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was no stated theme to this year’s Transmission Resiliency Summit, held at Electric Power Research Institute laboratories last week, but some common motifs ran through the event. The North American Transmission Forum (NATF), headquartered less than 6 miles west of the EPRI labs,...

By Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — Transportation Security Administration officials last week defended their efforts to protect the country’s natural gas pipelines, telling FERC they are adding more staff to the effort. The importance of securing gas infrastructure was a recurring theme at a technical conference organized by FERC and the...

By Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — The Green New Deal — the nonbinding resolution introduced early last month by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) calling for the U.S. to use 100% renewable energy resources by 2030 — has sparked furious debates among policymakers, experts and the national...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — FERC Commissioner Richard Glick on Thursday rejected Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s claim of a bipartisan "breakthrough" on the commission’s evaluation of LNG projects, joining with fellow Democrat Cheryl LaFleur to say the panel was still ignoring the projects’ impact on climate change.

By Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee on Thursday praised former Chief of Staff Anthony Pugliese, denying there had been any conflict between the two but also staying mum on the reason for his departure from the commission. FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee speaks to reporters after the commission's...