Democrats to take Senate majority after Georgia victories. Here’s how it could impact the power sector.

Part of FERC’s priorities under a Democrat-run government will depend on what passes Congress. If a clean energy standard is implemented, for example, that will require FERC to ensure transmission providers are developing infrastructure in line with those policies, as well as modify market structures accordingly, Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School wrote in a November paper.

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