Another FERC Nomination Battle Looms

5/14/2014

It looks like there's a new wrinkle in Obama's latest nomination for FERC Chairman. Norman Bay, the current Director of FERC's Office of Enforcement, was nominated after last year's Binz bungle. The Senate will hold confirmation hearings on Bay's nomination this month.

Binz got raked over the coals *heh* by the Senate, and our dear Senator Manchin sided with his friend coal, effectively killing Binz's nomination. I wonder how Norman Bay feels about coal?

But, coal may be the least of his worries, as it appears he has a different group of folks opposing his nomination.

Did Obama's New FERC Nominee 'Criminalize' Energy Regulation? (Forbes)

Going Public: Powhatan Energy Fund’s "Insurance Policy" Regarding FERC Enforcement’s Non-Public Manipulation Investigation Into The Fund’s "High-Frequency" PJM Trading Activity (Mondaq)

With confirmation hearing set, Obama's pick to lead agency faces uncomfortable questions (E&E)

The Investors at War With Political Power:
How a once-obscure federal agency targeted two brothers, and what happened when they decided to fight back in the age of Obama (Wall Street Journal)

If You Have a FERC Problem, Maybe Don’t Hire a FERC Lawyer (AboveTheLaw)

FERC’s Prosecutorial Tactics (Cato Inst.)

Read more here.

Well... ut-oh.

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Keryn Newman blogs here at StopPATH WV about energy issues, transmission policy, misguided regulation, our greedy energy companies and their corporate spin.
In 2008, AEP & Allegheny Energy's PATH joint venture used their transmission line routing etch-a-sketch to draw a 765kV line across the street from her house. Oooops! And the rest is history.

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