Lawmakers pressed FERC commissioners on grid reliability, offshore wind, and federal overreach in a fraught hearing. (E&E News)
The hearing featured a sharp clash over Winter Storm Fern. While Republicans blamed New England's reliability issues on a lack of gas pipelines, Democrats argued that paused offshore wind projects would have provided critical power. Commissioner David Rosner bridged the partisan divide with a simple plea: "We need electrons...from every type of fuel."