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Hearing with FERC Reveals Uncertainties in EPA’s Power Plant Rule
Yesterday, all five Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) appeared before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power (within the Committee on Energy and Commerce) to share their expertise on the future of U.S. energy infrastructure under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed Clean Power Plan (a rule that would regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants). The Subcommittee summoned the right people—since FERC gained new authority through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the agency has had exclusive jurisdiction over ensuring the reliability of the wholesale power grid in the U.S. Among other things, FERC oversees the planning and build-out of new electricity transmission lines, as well as new natural gas pipelines (and both are central components of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan).
