Resignation of Republican regulator who didn't tow the party line surprises energy world

[turbinetree]

Environmental groups aren't shedding many tears, though.

MARK HAND JUN 29, 2018, 1:06 PM

A Trump-appointed energy regulator who led the charge against the president’s plan to prop up financially struggling coal and nuclear plants announced late Thursday that he is leaving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take over as head of the nation’s top trade association for private water utilities.

Powelson will be leaving FERC in mid-August, only one year after the Senate confirmed him to be a commissioner. He will then become president and CEO of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), a trade association that is pushing for privatization of the nation’s water systems.

A Republican commissioner from the Philadelphia area, Powelson was nominated by President Trump in May 2017 and sworn in as commissioner on August 10. His replacement at FERC — who will need to be nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate — will serve the rest of his term, which expires on June 30, 2020.

His departure leaves more of an opportunity for the commission to be split 2-2 on certain issues, such as gas pipeline approvals or Trump administration proposals to help coal and nuclear generation. Powelson rallied his fellow Republicans on the commission — Chairman Kevin McIntyre and Commissioner Neil Chatterjee — to join him in opposing Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposal to bail out coal.

https://thinkprogress.org/republican-opponent-of-trumps-coal-bailout-resigns-after-only-a-year-as-energy-regulator-5a62a499f0f7/


He's quitting so that he can get his greedy fucking hand into the public water system-----------------to rip off the public, so that his association can go to county and state boards and give them a artificial price to maintain..............its like the shell game with these assholes.................we'll lower your taxes but charge you to fix the problem with higher rates and pass that cost unto the user and then we can sit back and blame the government ................go fucking figure, just look at Flint and other cities.....................


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough..................vote

[pnwest]

1. that would be *toe* the line....

please forgive my grammar policing. I just always figure people wanna know...

[spinbaby]

4. +1

The other one that makes me flinch is “straight jacket.”

[malaise]

2. American businesses and producers need to resolve which side they are on

Do they want to take orders from these vile authoritarians
See the one party promoters gave them the money they wanted; continue to destroy the unions and let them pay people what you want.
But he's now giving you orders. How do you like them apples greedy, undemocratic folks now that it's heading for you.
The 'Don't get Cute' to Harley should be seen as more than a veiled threat.

[alwaysinasnit]

3. I wonder if it has anything to do with an anticipated resource war (water).

https://rcg.org/realtruth/articles/080502-007-tcwfer.html