ENERGY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, restoring a quorum to the agency.
‘After six months, we have finally restored a working quorum to FERC,’ Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement.
The commission lost its quorum in February when Commissioner Norman Bay stepped down.
Chatterjee has been an adviser to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, and Powelson a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Murkowski said she had scheduled a committee hearing for Sept. 7 for two additional nominees President Donald Trump has put forth for FERC – Kevin McIntyre and Richard Glick.”
-Valerie Volcovici and Washington Newsroom, “Senate confirms two FERC commissioners, restoring its quorum,” Retuers, Aug. 3, 2017 06:24pm