The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should oversee any future build-out of hydrogen pipelines, Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Tuesday.

“It certainly makes sense” for the commission to add hydrogen to its jurisdiction because the commission currently reviews interstate natural gas pipeline projects, the West Virginia Democrat said at a committee hearing.

(…) Some gas pipeline companies are beginning to experiment with blending hydrogen into its gas supply, efforts that currently fall in FERC’s jurisdiction. Southern California Gas Co. announced in February it began developing a hydrogen pipeline system.

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