of the total last year — but they’re growing so fast (wind and solar use have quadrupled in the last five years) that just this week the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission predicted that solar power could soon begin to double every two years. Utilities are afraid that solar power will be to the electrical grid what PCs

rovisions, that bill would give the Energy Department emergency authority to protect the electric power grid from physical and cyber threats; require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to expedite consideration of pipeline siting applications; ease procedures for mining certain minerals on federal lands; increase water alloca

on for FOIA Public Liaisons in collaboration with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Justice’s Office of

of the total last year — but they're growing so fast (wind and solar use have quadrupled in the last five years) that just this week the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission predicted that solar power could soon begin to double every two years. Utilities are afraid that solar power will be to the electrical grid what PCs