Mike Doyle: “39,700 of these people are directly employed by the industry. Mr. Chairman, this is a bad amendment. Let us defeat it.”

It is our responsibility on the subcommittee to highlight, as we have in so many hearings, the issues important to the people we represent.

As we continue to decarbonize the electric grid, I hope FERC will continue to be proactive and flexible in its approach to building out a grid with more distributed resources and in recognizing the benefits of innovative technologies.

I look forward to doing that with my friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

I am also encouraged by FERC's efforts to finally establish an Office of Public Participation, as well as efforts to prepare for and combat cyber attacks on our energy infrastructure.