The President of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, David Rosner, exposed his priorities during his first meeting open on September 18 as head of the agency, including the desire to broadcast soon on how data centers can be collapsed with electric power stations in the interconnection of PJM.
“My priorities as president are the same as when I was a curator,” Rosner said. “I am working hard with my colleagues to make decisions quickly, fair and independent. Network reliability as a job number has not changed.”
Rosner, a Democrat, replaced Mark Christie, a Republican, as President of the Ferc after Christie left the agency in early August. Rosner joined Ferc in June 2024. With Republicans Laura Swett and David Lacerte Advancing the Senate confirmation process To fill the two empty seats of the agency, the time that Rosner will be president is not clear.
In discussing his priorities, Rosner said he is focused on allowing economic growth through “abundant and affordable energy”.
He said he is “very excited” by the infrastructure.
“I think we have to build, build, build,” said Rosner. “America needs all the electrons and all the molecules of all kinds we can obtain, and we need more infrastructure to move it … reliable and affordable energy, it is not only a prerequisite to ensure the safety and safety of the North -American people, but it is also completely critical to win the AI breed, reduce the manufacture and ensure a prosperous economy.”
Ferc is focused on developing “precise, clear and stable market price signs for new infrastructure built in places where it is needed,” said Rosner. This means connecting the new generation to the network faster and fair and fair decisions on issues related to pipes, hydroelectrics, liquefied natural gas and transmission lines.
Address the PJM placement review
Resolve the slopes PJM COLOCATION DOCKET It is a maximum priority, according to Rosner. In installation arrangements, data centers receive electricity directly from a nearby electric power station.
“It’s also a very complicated topic,” said Rosner. “My colleagues and I have been working hard on it. I am very excited with the placement and everything that is in the middle and achieving the rules of the road in its place so that we can unblock all these new technologies, get them on the network and get the data centers to be built.”
The FERC curator, Lindsay, echoed Rosner’s comments on the placement procedure.
“My office has deeply engaged in these issues and I look forward to ending it,” said See.
In an interview, Christie regretted his inability to issue a decision to place before leaving the agency on August 8.
“I was very promoted by a set of guidelines, which were called for all regulated entities, to protect consumers from cost change and protect reliability, and could not get two other votes,” said Christie on September 18.
The result of the revision could establish a precedent for the load placed on the Ferc’s superviers of the electric markets.
Fast decisions and regulatory certainty
During Ferc’s open meeting, see that part of his goal in Ferc is to make “tension correct” between making quick decisions and regulatory certainty.
“I never want us to be the maintenance when it comes to the necessary development of infrastructure and allowing decisions,” said See. “We play a critical role in doing a necessary policy in a fair, predictable and legally durable way.”
See that while attending Gastech, an annual fair, in Milan, earlier this month, he spoke with the leaders of the gas industry “ who said that as much as they value the speed at what we do, and trust me, they also want a strong confidence that the orders we emit are worth their weight and will remain when they are tested in court. ”
See that hopes that in the near future Ferc will launch a process to create a “blanket certificate” program for GNL export facilities molded after A Ferc has for gas pipelines and other facilities. A blanket certificate allows a gas company to carry out certain routine activities in its facilities without obtaining a specific FERC permission for each individual project.
The United States has become the largest GNL exporter in the world, with exports of 11.9 billion cubic feet daily last year, according to the United States Energy Information Administration.
The United States has eight GNL export terminals that can manage 14.5 BCF/D and eight are being built that could export about 21.8 BCF/D, according to FERC.
Another 10 export projects for a total of 13.2 Bcf/D They have been approved, but they were not under construction from September 9, according to Ferc. Ferc is reviewing two GNL export applications and there are two projects in the pre-leadership process of the agency, according to the commission.
