Overview
S&P Global quoted Marc Spitzer in an October 23 article titled "Big Policy Changes, Order Reversals Unlikely Under a Biden-Era FERC, Lawyers Say." The article discusses how hopes for quick reversals of certain policies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are likely out of reach, even if former Vice President Joe Biden wins the US presidential election. Spitzer, a former FERC commissioner, spoke of the typically nonpartisan, technical nature of FERC's work, during Steptoe's annual Regulatory Symposium October 22.
"Now, I understand that during the Trump administration there was certain policy that invoked FERC jurisdiction where that separation [between the White House and FERC] might not have been as strong… and going forward in a potential Biden administration with regard to carbon reductions and the move towards deep decarbonization, FERC will be a partner," Spitzer said. "So you can expect over time more cooperation between the agency and the White House than in the past, and I think that's just a facet of the nature of the times that we live in."
The full article can be read at S&P Global.
