As Trump Reboots Pipeline Expansion, An Unexpected Delay Emerges

The seal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Public domain image)
Just as President Trump takes power promising to ramp up oil and gas production, a sudden resignation in a key agency threatens to put such projects on hold across the United States.
On Thursday, Norman Bay, one of just three current members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), said he would resign effective Feb. 3, even though his term isn’t up until next year. His announcement came shortly after Tr