The U.S. Senate approved three nominees for empty seats on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shortly after GPA Midstream and 17 other energy and related trade associations urged quick approval in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The move restores the essential agency to its full complement of five commissioners. The new commissioners include Judy Chang, managing principal at the Boston-based Analysis Group and former undersecretary of energy and climate solutions in Massachusetts, David Rosner, a FERC energy industry analyst who was on loan to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee the last two years, and Lindsay See, the West Virginia solicitor general.

The trio join FERC Chair Willie Phillips and Commissioner Mark Christie at the agency. The agency will be led by three Democrats and two Republicans.

FERC plays a key decision-making role in energy infrastructure and markets, and will weigh a number of issues as the agency seeks to ensure the U.S. has a reliable, affordable, sustainable, and secure grid.

The agency was in danger of losing its quorum in early 2025. Failing to maintain a quorum would have eliminated the agency’s ability to oversee the power grid, wholesale electricity markets, interstate natural gas pipelines, or siting and construction of LNG facilities. Loss of these functions would have significant economic consequences that would have grown over time.

The letter to Schumer and McConnell was sent June 10, and the Senate approved all the nominees on June 13.