Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., said he is not comfortable holding a hearing on the renomination of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick, which means the Democratic commissioner’s tenure is likely to end Dec. 31 after more than five years.
Without a hearing this Congress at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Manchin, Glick will have to step down when it adjourns at the end of the year. That would leave FERC short a member for some time, meaning potentially controversial proposals would go into effect if the regulator deadlocks in a 2-to-2 vote.
“Chairman Manchin was not comfortable holding a hearing,” said committee spokesman Sam Runyon.
