Stop White House Regulation of Carbon Fuels

Open Email to Senators Cornyn and Cruz (TX):

Dear Senators Cornyn and Cruz,
    Pres. Obama has nominated Ron Binz as Head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Senate must approve his appointment, and this will come up for a vote. I strongly suggest that you vote against Ron Binz' appointment as Head of FERC.
    For those reading this email and perhaps not realizing the significance of an FERC appointment, I include a short explanation.
    The FERC is a REGULATORY AGENCY set up by Congress as part of the Department of Energy (DOE). Among its various activities, Wikipedia says the FERC:
Regulates the transmission and sale of natural gas for resale in interstate commerce
Regulates the transmission of oil by pipelines in interstate commerce
Regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce
Licenses and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectric projects
This is powerful control. If the FERC says there will be no pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast, there will be none. If the FERC decides to stop the flow of natural gas through existing pipelines, it can do so. If the FERC decides that the wholesale price of electricity should be increased to allow for the higher cost of using non-carbon fuels, it can do so.
The Obama Administration strategy on US energy is then to appoint Ron Binz to carry out the program of reducing and hopefully eventually eliminating use of carbon fuels. This would be a disastrous occurrence to the pocketbooks of US citizens, and needs to be "nipped in the bud".