President Donald Trump selected Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, a Republican appointee, to be the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, replacing fellow Republican Kevin McIntyre, according to an Oct. 24 announcement. Chatterjee, a former energy adviser for Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was acting chairman of FERC last year before McIntyre’s confirmation, and during…
DetailsThe Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Oct. 24 established the PowerForward Collaborative, a utility workgroup charged with monitoring marketplace developments to fulfil the objectives of its grid modernization roadmap. The PowerForward roadmap charts a path forward for the state’s grid modernization endeavor, creating a regulatory paradigm to foster innovation that allows for an enhanced…
DetailsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Oct. 19 suspended water crossing authorizations in two counties of West Virginia for the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline. The Corps stated that because more than a thousand water crossing verifications are currently suspended along the majority of the 303-mile pipeline route in that area, it considers it…
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