Transmission Lines Take Longer Than Presidents

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:05:02 -0700

FERC is the kind of agency most people couldn’t name if you paid them, which is sort of the point. It sets wholesale power rates, approves the transmission lines that keep three separate power grids from turning into three separate countries, and it’s supposed to do that job the same way no matter who’s in the White House. That’s the whole design. So it’s a little startling to read former commissioners, Republican and Democratic appointees alike, saying out loud that a president can now fire them at will, and that the agency could lose quorum entirely depending on who resigns or gets removed this cycle.

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Transmission Lines Take Longer Than Presidents