The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved FERC nominees Kevin McIntyre and Richard Glick, sending them to a full confirmation vote.

Kevin McIntyre brought little comfort to Republican senators seeking assurances that the commission would look into shoring up uneconomic coal plants.

The Senate confirmed Pennsylvania regulator Robert Powelson and GOP aide Neil Chatterjee to FERC, restoring the quorum the commission lost six months ago.

President Trump intends to nominate Richard Glick, general counsel for the Democrats on Senate ENR to replace FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable.

President Trump’s nominees to FERC gave boilerplate answers to senators’ questions on hydroelectric project licensing following their confirmation hearing.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 20-3 to advance Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson, President Trump’s nominees for FERC.

Witnesses told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that the threat posed by electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events is a major concern.

House and Senate negotiators met for the first time Thursday in an effort to reach agreement on the first broad energy bill in almost a decade.