American families have been paying higher energy prices in the wake of the war in Iran, but one government agency is looking to fast-track relief measures that will ultimately lead to lower prices. 

The relief comes from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which voted unanimously, 5-0, to streamline the bureaucracy that has been bottlenecking natural gas infrastructure for years and hamstringing common-sense energy projects with byzantine rules. Most Americans have never heard of FERC, but the commission has an outsized impact on your utility bills.

Natural gas projects, such as pipelines, have been repeatedly blocked for years by mountains of red tape, making even simple upgrades to existing infrastructure virtually impossible. The result is less natural gas supplied to the market, which means higher prices.

When natural gas is more expensive, customers not only pay more to heat their homes, but to cool them as well, because gas supplies more than 40% of electricity in America. With power needs already skyrocketing from growth in AI data centers, electric cars, and manufacturing facilities, supply isn’t keeping up with demand.

The problem largely stems from the antiquated rules and price thresholds in FERC’s blanket certificate........

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