Manchin is proposing a fossil fuel–friendly chair for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Instead, Biden could allow Democrats to regain control of FERC.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
America’s Pipelines Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen
The underfunded agency overseeing tens of thousands of miles of dangerous pipelines has not had an official leader for years.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Congress Short-Circuits the Electric Grid
It’s bad enough not to get a clean debt bill, but it’s worse to impede electric transmission issues as part of the bargain.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff Strangles Future Permitting Reform Negotiations
The Fiscal Responsibility Act approved several items on fossil fuel industry wish lists, with nothing for renewable energy. That kills leverage for a broader deal.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Sempra Pushes to Expand Pacific Pipelines for Gas Export
The infrastructure arm of the California and Texas utility owner has lobbied for gas exports that could raise prices for its own customers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Congress Can Defeat Judicial Overreach
On today’s X-Date: Joe Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff gets immunized from judicial review, as does what could have been a deregulation ratchet.
Posted inTAP
You Go to War (or Not) With the President You Have
Today on TAP: The debt ceiling idiocy tells us a lot about Joe Biden’s strengths and limitations.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Auto-CR Dilemma
Today’s X-Date: If the debt ceiling deal passes, the military budget goes up and IRS funding gets slashed. But if Congress doesn’t pass the subsequent spending bills, that reverses.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Admin Hypes Growing Asian Market for American Gas
Biden officials are hawking an Alaska pipeline and gas export complex long seen as uninvestable. They promise skeptical investors sustained market access to Asia.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Rahm Emanuel’s Gas Pipeline
The Biden administration is promoting a new liquefied natural gas complex on the Pacific Coast, with expanded subsidies from the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Inflation Reduction Act.