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FERC chairman says agency expects about 55 deferred retirements; headcount to fall about 9%
Summary
Asked about staff exits, the chairman said roughly 55 employees are expected to take deferred retirement and estimated FERC's headcount would be down about 9% by the end of the fiscal year; he said the agency aims to retain key staff handling Section 3 and Section 7 permits.
When asked about potential staff reductions at FERC, the chairman said the agency is implementing a hiring freeze and expects roughly 55 employees to take deferred retirement. He estimated that by the end of the fiscal year FERC's headcount will decline about 9 percent.
The chairman emphasized the agency wants to retain personnel essential to processing Section 3 and Section 7 natural gas permit applications and other critical functions.
The comments followed a question about whether the agency had numbers on potential departures and institutional knowledge loss; the chairman said the figures were the same he had provided previously and declined to offer additional detail at the briefing.
