Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Joe Manchin is not planning to hold a hearing this year on the nomination of FERC Chair Richard Glick for another term, dealing a potentially major blow to the regulatory body that is crucial for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda.

“The Chairman was not comfortable holding a hearing,” Sam Runyon, a spokesperson for Manchin, told POLITICO on Thursday. Glick’s term expired in June, but FERC rules allow him to serve until the end of the year.

The decision comes after Manchin publicly rebuked Biden last weekend for his campaign trail comments about shutting down coal plants as “offensive and disgusting.”

[Payback is a … well, you know. And let the speculation over a Manchin party flip begin anew! — Ed]