As the natural gas industry faces a shortage of turbines needed to create electricity, a House Republican with deep energy policy experience said she is working on a multipronged effort to fix the problem.
Rep. Julie Fedorchak of North Dakota, a Republican freshman who was former head of her state’s Public Service Commission, is leading a working group dedicated to coming up with a “legislative framework” to help the industry as energy demands spike, she said.
Fedorchak, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, told POLITICO’s E&E News that she is developing legislation to address the natural gas turbine shortage, along with other policy solutions. The plan is to introduce the bill in the coming weeks.
“The shortage of natural gas turbines is a growing challenge,” Fedorchak said in an email. “I’ve heard it from energy and tech companies, as well as grid operators.”
