(WASHINGTON, DC) – Senate Energy Chairman Lisa Murkowski
wouldn't comment on POLITICO's report that DOE's Bernard McNamee will be
nominated to FERC.
The Alaska Republican said she believes that the next
nominee shouldn't face a litmus test over their view of the Trump
administration's efforts to prop up coal and nuclear power plants, "I
worry that this is going to be viewed as, 'If you don't commit to voting
against or voting for, then you're not going to have my support,'"
Murkowski said. "That's not the way that we should be selecting
commissioners for the FERC."
