This is really frustrating knowing this all could have been solved over a decade ago with the KBRA. Congress had six years to pass it and failed. Then the KHSA, which was arguably a worse deal, but still better than this current iteration with the KRRC. I have a bad feeling that we are going to be seeing delay after delay, especially with the current administration, and they may never come down.
I didn't know about the FERC commission, but it makes sense what they did. The FERC commission is supposed to be bipartisan with up to 5 members, but there are only currently 4 (3 R to 1 D). Here are the current commissioners with bios from Wikipedia. No surprise that they didn't approve the full transfer.
Neil Chatterjee (R) - Current chair. Appointed by Trump in October 2018. Chatterjee previously served as energy policy advisor to United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
James Danly (R) - Appointed by Trump in 2020. Two spots were open when Danly was nominated. A nominee to fill a Democrat seat vacated after Cheryl LaFleur resigned was not made by Trump.
Bernard McNamee (R) - Appointed by Trump in 2018. He previously served in various state and federal legal and policy positions and practiced energy law in the private sector.
Richard Glick (D) - Appointed by Trump in 2017. Prior to assuming his current role, he was general counsel for Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Glick was previously the head lobbyist for energy firm Avangrid. He also worked as an adviser to Bill Richardson when Richardson was serving as United States Secretary of Energy during Bill Clinton's presidency.
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