The Big Story 

The Senate on Wednesday and Thursday confirmed three members to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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The upper chamber on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Republican Lindsay See and Democrat David Rosner. On Thursday, the Senate also confirmed Democrat Judy Chang.

The votes on the nominations were 86-9, 68-26 and 63-33, respectively.

The bipartisan commission, known as FERC, regulates interstate energy projects, including pipelines and electric power lines. 

See was the solicitor general for West Virginia and argued a 2022 Supreme Court case that curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate climate change. 

Rosner was an energy industry analyst for FERC and had been on detail to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Democratic staff. 

Chang has served as an energy and climate official with the state of Massachusetts.

All of the nominees received at least some degree of bipartisan support, though See and Rosner each saw a handful of opponents from their own respective parties. 

Read more in a full report at TheHill.com.

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