FERC schedules grid developer conference to highlight barriers to new infrastructure

摘要

FERC will hold a public conference with transmission developers and owners Tuesday to discuss barriers to building infrastructure, particularly when it comes to economic and regulatory issues.rn"While there may be common obstacles to the building of transmission, at the same time it appears that the challenges may differ in some respects regionally," said the meeting notice (AD08-13). Therefore, there will be separate panels for issues faced in the Eastern Interconnection and in the Western Interconnection.rnThe commission hopes to hear views on the impact of first refusal on transmission providers and whether all types of investments, such as upgrades and greenfield lines, are treated comparably when it comes to financial or physical rights. It also seeks opinions on whether FERC's policies on ancillary services are appropriately applied to transmission-only entities and whether there are specific processes in regional transmission organizations that present barriers to merchant lines.