Wither Order No. 2222

At the May 2025 Open Meeting Press Conference, FERC Chair Christie discussed the "Sunset" Executive Order. In responding to whether he would like to put a one-year sunset date on certain FERC regulations, Christie mentioned his strong dissent in many Order No. 2222 compliance orders, noting that he would "love to put a one-year sunset on that." (If he could get the votes.) And, he reiterated his position that Order No. 2222 did not make sense at the time and still doesn't. Order No. 2222 does not make sense because the Federal Power Act (FPA) is fuel neutral. A green electron from a resource on the distribution system is worth the same as a coal-fired electron on the transmission system in a FERC-run market. (Indeed, FERC has decided that DERs are not even capable of providing reactive power to transmission providers, such that DER electrons are worth even less than transmission system-located electrons.)