; (C) such workers’ company has been closed or relocated or acquired from another entity or foreign country; or (D) the sales or production or both have caused a shift that contributed to such worker’s separation or threat of separation; and (4) the separation or partial separation or reduction in wages described in paragraph (1) any of the actions described in paragraph (2) the Commission determines to have occurred are directly attributable to— (A) actions by the Federal Government; (B) the low-cost of other forms of energy; (C) the existence of State-to-State electricity market competition; or (D) other reasons as determined by the Commission. (b) Basis for Commission determinations (1) In general The Commission shall, in determining whether to certify a group of workers under section 103, obtain from the workers’ company, or a customer of the workers’ company, information the Commission determines to be necessary to make the certification, through questionnaires and in such other manner as the Commission determines appropriate. The Commission shall establish standards, including data requirements, for investigations of petitions filed under section 101 and criteria for making determinations under section 103. (2) Additional information The Commission may seek additional information to determine whether to certify a group of workers— (A) by contacting— (i) officials or employees of the workers’ company; (ii) officials of certified or recognized unions or other duly authorized representatives of the group of workers; or (iii) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary of the Treasury, as applicable