PSE &G did not justify incentives for its five projects, say consumer groups, BPU

摘要

Public Service Electric & Gas failed to prove that its five proposedntransmission projects will improve regional reliability or relieve congestionnat a level sufficient to qualify for federal financial incentives,nregulators and Northeast consumer advocates recently said.nThe New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, New Jersey Divisionnof Rate Counsel, and advocates from Pennsylvania, Maryland andnDelaware earlier this month asked FERC to reject PSE&G’s requestn(ER11-3352) for incentive rate treatment for $1.3 billion in transmissionnimprovements, including line and substation upgrades. PSE&Gnasked for a June 14 effective date for the recovery rates for each ofnthe five transmission projects that PJM Interconnection called for innits regional transmission expansion plan.