Just days after Norman Bay was sworn in as FERC’s fifth member, Democrat John Norris announced he will resign his position almost three years early.

Commissioner Norman Bay will succeed Cheryl LaFleur as FERC's chairman on April 15, 2015, President Obama said.

Members of FERC last week revealed differences over the impact of the EPA’s proposed carbon emission rule but declined to endorse climate change skeptics’ do-nothing strategy.

Senators from New York are angry over Cheryl LaFleur’s support for the NYISO’s creation of a capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley that has led to increases in prices.

Senators from Maryland are upset that Cheryl LaFleur declined to hold more hearings regarding Dominion Resources' proposed liquefied natural gas export facility at Cove Point.

After a year of political wrangling, FERC finally has its fifth commissioner. But uncertainty will linger for months at the agency due to Norman Bay’s lack of a policy record and the unprecedented compromise that won his confirmation.

The Senate today narrowly confirmed Norman Bay to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission while easily approving a new term for acting chair Cheryl LaFleur.

A Senate panel today voted to confirm Norman Bay to FERC in a deal that will keep acting chair Cheryl LaFleur in her current role for nine months.

Norman Bay's case for confirmation as FERC chair wasn’t helped last week by the responses Acting Chair Cheryl LaFleur filed in response to Senators. LaFleur detailed seven enforcement cases in which she differed from Bay and her fellow commissioners.

Leading Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said last week they remain skeptical of President Obama’s nomination of Norman Bay to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.