If confirmed by the Senate, Willie Phillips would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on FERC.
09/09/2021 11:07 AM EDTPresident Joe Biden said on Thursday he would nominate Washington, D.C., utility regulator Willie Phillips to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a move that could boost Chair Richard Glick’s efforts to speed deployment of renewable energy, fight climate change and addressIf confirmed by the Senate, Phillips, who has been on the D.C.
Meanwhile, FERC began a proceeding in July intended to overhaul current transmission permitting and cost allocation policy, a process Glick hopes will lead to increased deployment of renewable energy. The commission will also soon consider proposals from grid operators under its landmark Order 2222 that has the potential to make it easier for distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, to be deployed more widely.
align with state clean energy goals. The MOPR, as created by then-chair Chatterjee in 2019, was intended to undermine state subsidies of clean energy in their capacity markets. His selection comes despite a campaign by a coalition of hundreds of environmental groups for the White House to select a FERC candidate who is focused on environmental justice and climate change. The coalition expressed worries that Phillips has been too deferential to the utility industry during his time as a regulator, and won't fight for the public interest.
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