Lawmakers grill FERC on CPP implementation, ability to stand strong on reliability issues

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A West Virginia lawmaker, whose constituentsrnare dealing with a 47% utility rate hike due torncoal plant closures prompted byrnenvironmental regulations, took FERC to taskrnlast week over failing to ensure reasonablernpower rates in his state.rn“Your own policy statement says you arernto regulate reasonable costs. … We’rernalready experiencing a 47% rate hike onrnutilities. How is that reasonable?”rnRepublican Representative David McKinleyrnsaid at a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee onrnenergy and power.