Federal Regulator Sounds Alarm on Declining Electric Grid Reliability
The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sounded the alarm on a deteriorating U.S. grid in a House hearing on June 13.
At one point, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked the commissioners a yes-or-no question: “Has electric reliability worsened or improved over the past three years?”
The first answer came from acting FERC Chair and Democrat Willie Phillips. Phillips replaced former FERC Chair Richard Glick in January after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) declined to hold a confirmation hearing for Glick’s second term.
Glick, a longtime Democratic aide, was appointed to FERC by former President Donald Trump and named chair of FERC by President Joe Biden at the start of Biden’s term in January 2021….