Stakeholders divided on FERC proposal to ax market power screens for some sellers

摘要

A proposal to relax requirements for securing market-based rateauthority faces significant pushback from consumer advocates andcommunity-owned and rural utilities, but was lauded by others in thepower sector who urged regulators to expand the proposal's reach.At issue is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's role inassessing horizontal market power before granting entities the right tosell power at market-based rates.