NARUC members split over state consent role in regional transmission cost allocation

摘要

Several state regulatory leaders Feb. 16 indicated their supportfor increased state involvement in grid operators’ cost-allocationdecisions, but some balked at the idea of offering them veto power.Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Mark Christieasked state utility commissioners whether state regulators shouldhave a consent role in grid operators’ transmission cost allocationprocesses, eliciting recommendations that ran the gamut fromrequiring state approval to simply encouraging greater stateparticipation.