to approve an application for export within 30 days of ferc publishing the final eis. proponents argue this deadline is necessary to ensure timely consideration by d.o.e., but given the department's track record, i find this arbitrary deadline to be completely unnecessary. in fact; it could be detrimental to the ultimate approval of an export application. in light of recent events related to the jordan cove application in oregon, do you believe it makes sense to force d.o.e. to hastily make a decision on an application based on the final eis? >> we have consistently said we see no need for this. by performance. and as you've said, i think very correctly, there can be unintended consequences. in fact, which would go in the opposite direction. the jordan cove, when that was rejected by ferc for non-environmental reasons, would have caused a problem with the bills as proposed. so, you know, we really should be having records of decision by ferc in this case or marad for an offshore facility because that is the complete set of information that informs our final, final judg

to approve an application for export within 30 days of ferc publishing the final eis. proponents argue this deadline is necessary to ensure timely consideration by d.o.e., but given the department's track record, i find this arbitrary deadline to be completely unnecessary. in fact it could be detrimental to the ultimate approval of an export application. in light of recent events related to the jordan cove application in oregon, do you believe it makes sense to force d.o.e. to hastily make a decision on an application based on the final eis? >> we have consistently said we see no need for this. by performance. and as you've said, i think very correctly, there can be unintended consequences. the jordan cove, when that was rejected by ferc for nonenvironmental reasons, would have caused a problem with the bills as proposed. so, you know, we really should be having records of decision by ferc in this case or marad for an offshore facility because that is the complete set of information that informs our final judgment. >> i want to ask you about climate change and note tha

now, it is true we also continue to have discussions with ferc, which does have some authorities in terms of the price formation for the wholesale level. that's going on. but, of course, a lot of the action is at the states. certainly one of the notable actions was the new york initiative in august for the so-called clean energy standard, so kind of technology-neutral carbon approach. that's very important. now, the other thing is in terms of nuclear plants shutting down is clearly the clean -- well, the clean power plant implementation plans and, you know, next year we -- you know, we are rather confident on the court side, 2018 is when the implementation plans are due. now, it would seem ironic to have lost zero carbon assets just as states are going forward with implementation plans. so, that's why this -- something like the new york activity and illinois is considering something similar, i think, are quite important. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> gentleman's time has expired. the chair calls upon the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairma

to approve an application for export within 30 days of ferc