FERC Transcript – Watt?

Stephen D. Haner

The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission uses the Trump administration’s order to allow agency employees to report their activities so they can have a chance to show off. Later last week, he posted a four-page achievement letter on behalf of his staff, and in other agencies it could be a good month rather than a good week’s list.

Of course, FERC's chairman is Virginia's own Mark Christie, who was a member of our state corporate committee and sometimes chairman. The letter should also reassure Americans who want to see the new administration take a new direction in energy policy, accept hydrocarbons and focus on energy reliability.

Christie, on behalf of all his employees and colleagues, meets the requirements of the Ministry of Efficiency, and time will prove. The report's substance focuses on gas projects and could anger many people in the last time the Biden administration has.

He reported that between February 14 and 24, FERC:

“Under Articles 3 and 7 of the NGA (Natural Gas Act), the following orders are issued to ensure the pipeline infrastructure required to ensure a large amount of natural gas supply at reasonable prices:

(1) Authorization of Northern Gas Corporation to abandon, build and operate certain pipeline facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, enabling Northern to provide an additional 46,064 DEKATHERMS (DTH/D) additional cargo transportation services per day to five natural gas customers.

(2) Authorize the Global Plaquemines LNG, LNG, to modify its existing authorization to increase the authorized liquefaction production capacity of the Plaquemines Parish Parish Parish Parish Parish facilities in Louisiana, from 240,000 tons per year to 27.2 million tons to reflect the actual function of the project.

(3) Granting the two-year extension of the Iroquois gas delivery system, LP builds and operates certain facilities in New York and Connecticut to provide up to 125,000 DTH/D gas transportation services to delivery points in New York. ”

He then referred to the FERC's efforts to defend in court (with profiles and oral debates) that had previously issued permits on various natural gas projects. He listed three cases, including one, including the voice of environmental group Appalachia targeting the FERC on the Valley Pipeline. The other two cases listed are Puerto Rico's natural gas or liquefied natural gas projects, or the border with Mexico.

Next, the building permit:

“Nine notices have been issued to carry out the construction of the following natural gas infrastructure, including but not limited to:

(1) Approved Woodside Louisiana LNG requirements for the construction of ISBL non-combustion underground pipelines and cables.

(2) A request to grant Elba Liquefaction Company LLC to initiate certain construction activities at its existing movable modular liquefaction system facilities.

(3) Grant the Arthur Port LNG, and the LLC starts the installation of feed trachea and sets the priority 1 mechanical equipment request on the basis. ”

Finally, Christie turned to the long-term issues of energy reliability and the challenges posed by the massive expansion of the data center industry. The Energy Policy Act of 2025 plays a leading role in protecting the reliability and cybersecurity of the state grid.

first:””Joint workshop with North American Electric Power Reliability Company on March 20, 2025 to examine supply chain risk management. The workshop will examine the potential actions that the entity may take in the completeness and accuracy of the information received from the supplier during the procurement process. ”

and then:

“From 4-5 June 2025, a technical meeting led by the Commissioner explored the risks of energy adequacy; the efficiency and effectiveness of the capacity market in achieving resource adequacy at reasonable and reasonable prices; the design and performance comparison between the capacity market and the alternative resource adequacy structure; and the role and interests of countries or other entities with legal authority in achieving resource adequacy.”

Finally, invoke its powers under the Federal Electricity Act FERC:

“Two orders for approval of new reliability standards for power services were issued: the first to identify new mandatory performance requirements based on inverter resources; the second to approve new reliability standards for planning bulk electrical systems in expected extreme heat and cold events.” Note: Inverter-based resources are mainly solar projects. FERC just sets mandatory standards for solar performance.

No, this not only lists the entire letter, which reports several other decisions and actions (one of which involves the oil pipeline). To be fair, many projects represent the decision to work in the months before the decision or file a court summary, just pointing out how busy the FERC has been.

But is there anyone who thinks that such a report a year ago will focus on gas infrastructure or make it clear that grid reliability is The highest benefit? The report not given to Biden would not involve four pages without mentioning greenhouse gas or climate alerts. The momentum shift is obvious.

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