Commission plan to revamp transmission project incentives draws mixed reviews

摘要

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 1 received a waveof both praise and criticism on a plan to revamp what many industrystakeholders consider to be an out-of-date incentives policy forelectric transmission projects. At issue is a proposed rule released inMarch that would depart from an approach established by FERC morethan a decade ago by focusing on economic and reliability benefitsinstead of risks and challenges that projects face.