Dive Brief: Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Neil Chatterjee on Tuesday called on Congress to update federal energy policy to alleviate some of his agency's work load. "Legislative intransigence in Washington has put more and more of the critical decision making in the hands of agencies throughout the government that may not necessarily have the tools to address the complex challenges before us," he said during a virtual webinar hosted by K&L Gates. He noted that most policy that's been passed since 2005 has been either in the form of tax bills or omnibus appropriations — such as the American Energy Innovation Act included in stimulus spending. That lack of action has made it more difficult to regulate the fast-changing energy sector, Chatterjee said.