The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee on Wednesday voted to advance a pair of President Trump’s FERC nominees for consideration by the full Senate, raising the prospect of restoring the agency to a full complement of five commissioners by the start of 2021.

Mark Christie

Trump tapped Republican Mark Christie and Democrat Allison Clements to fill vacancies on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission earlier this year. The nominees appeared before the Energy and Natural Resources committee in September.

During a brief business meeting Wednesday, the committee favorably reported Clements and Christie to the full Senate by a voice vote. Whether or not the full Senate will vote on the FERC nominees before the end of the current session of Congress remains an open...