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FERC remains an independent agency and recent comments by Chief of Staff Anthony Pugliese don’t necessarily reflect the views of Commission, Chairman Kevin McIntyre said in a recent letter to two powerful Capitol Hill Democrats.

A series of recent comments by FERC Chief of Staff Anthony Pugliese has caught the attention of two powerful Capitol Hill Democrats, who said the statements “call into question the impartiality and independence of the Commission itself.”

After more than three hours of debate, lawmakers on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-10 in favor of a proposal to open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development.

Tasked with finding ways to save at least $1 billion over the next decade, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a marathon hearing Thursday to discuss the controversial idea of opening a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling.

Alaska’s Republican contingent in the Senate urged their colleagues to reject an amendment to a budget resolution introduced by Democrats that would block potentially opening a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to energy development.

The top Democrats from the respective House and Senate energy committees are calling on FERC to broaden its investigation of Energy Transfer Partners LP’s (ETP) Rover Pipeline, citing “serious concerns” over the alleged environmental violations occurring during the project’s construction.

The top Democrats from the respective House and Senate energy committees are calling on FERC to broaden its investigation of Energy Transfer Partners LP’s (ETP) Rover Pipeline, citing “serious concerns” over the alleged environmental violations occurring during the project’s construction.

A sweeping piece of bipartisan energy and natural resources legislation that covers everything from opening more federal lands to sportsmen and better protecting the nation’s pipeline infrastructure from cyber security threats was revived this week and put on the fast-track for consideration before the full Senate.

A group of Democratic senators is urging President Trump to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to examine the threats Russian hackers pose to energy infrastructure in the United States, while accusing the administration of failing to respond to a similar request made three months earlier.