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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday is scheduled to consider the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur and Philip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate LaFleur, a former executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, would fill the seat vacated by former Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who left the agency in late December (see Daily GPI, Dec. 23, 2009 ). LaFleur, a Democrat, retired in 2007 from National Grid, which delivers electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast and owns natural gas distributor KeySpan. Moeller, a sitting commissioner, is being considered for another term on the Commission (see Daily GPI, March 10). A Republican, he has served on the Commission since July 2006 (see Daily GPI, July 17, 2006). His current term expires on June 30.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday is scheduled to consider the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur and Philip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate LaFleur, a former executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, would fill the seat vacated by former Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who left the agency in late December (see Daily GPI, Dec. 23, 2009 ). LaFleur, a Democrat, retired in 2007 from National Grid, which delivers electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast and owns natural gas distributor KeySpan. Moeller, a sitting commissioner, is being considered for another term on the Commission (see Daily GPI, March 10). A Republican, he has served on the Commission since July 2006 (see Daily GPI, July 17, 2006). His current term expires on June 30.

With a Pacific Northwest native and current FERC commissioner, Philip Moeller, endorsing the need for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, two other regional gas advocates made the case for bringing added gas supplies into the region, while pointing out that current depressed wholesale prices in North America, not the global financial crisis, are the current impediment to new supplies from both pipelines and LNG imports.

Calling current times “very exciting but challenging” for the energy sector, FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller told an industry gathering in Seattle Monday that he thinks the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) long-anticipated Market Redesign Technology Update (MRTU) is going to come to fruition later this year, noting the usual qualifier that he was offering his personal opinion and not that of the federal commission. Moeller was a keynote speaker at the Law Seminars International conference, “Buying and Selling Electric Power in the West.”

FERC Commissioners Philip Moeller and Marc Spitzer are asking panelists who appeared at a recent technical conference on the agency’s enforcement policy to respond to a number of follow-up questions.

FERC Commissioners Philip Moeller and Marc Spitzer are asking panelists who appeared at a recent technical conference on the agency’s enforcement policy to respond to a number of follow-up questions.

FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller said Tuesday he is generally supportive of opening access to new sources of natural gas and believes building energy infrastructure should be a national priority.

Joining the ranks of other experts such as Colorado State University (CSU) forecasters William Gray and Philip Klotzbach who have been recently slashing their 2006 Atlantic hurricane activity predictions, Andover, MA-based WSI Corp. downgraded its outlook last week for the second time in two months. WSI said it now expects the tropical season to have 13 named storms, six hurricanes and three intense hurricanes (Category 3 or greater).

Former Arizona regulator Marc Spitzer and ex-Alliant Energy executive Philip Moeller have been sworn in as commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.