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The intrigue surrounding FERC commissioner nominees continues. There are currently two open seats, given the death of Kevin McIntyre (R) in January and retirement of Cheryl LaFleur (D) in August. The remaining three Commissioners — Chairman Neil Chatterjee (R), Bernard McNamee (R) and Richard Glick (D) — constitute a quorum. That is important for the oil and natural gas pipeline industry because gas infrastructure orders have generally passed on a razor thin 2-1 vote (with Commissioner Glick dissenting due to unaddressed concerns with climate change)…read more