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C&I Coalition Files FERC Complaint Over Transmission Costs
A coalition of C&I customer representatives and consumer advocates in a multi-state coalition filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The coalition filing the complaint includes 22 groups such as the Industrial Energy Consumers of America, American Forest & Paper Association, R Street Institute and ratepayer advocates from Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Also on December 19, 2004 Maryland OPC filed a petition alleging, “that the failure of regional transmission organizations—including PJM Interconnection, LLC, the regional transmission operator for Maryland—to require planning for local transmission results in unneeded projects, high prices for consumers, and a transmission system that fails to address the challenges of a changing energy landscape…FERC’s rules have a big loophole that allows lower-voltage transmission line projects that utilities deem “local” to be built with little to no oversight and without competition to select the most cost-effective developer.”
Complaint of Industrial Energy Consumers of America, et al. v. Avista Corporation, et al. under EL25-44.
See: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20241219-5368&optimized=false.
