Danly alleges commission is engaging in prohibited retroactive ratemaking

摘要

Recently seated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member JamesDanly has signaled he disagrees with the agency’s practice of allowingrate schedules to take effect before they were filed at the agency.In a May 1 order (ER20-1145), Danly penned a brief concurrenceoutlining the position in a proceeding concerning a revised, unexecutednetwork integration transmission service agreement. Filed March 2 bySouthwest Power Pool and involving American Electric Powersubsidiaries Public Service Company of Oklahoma and SouthwesternElectric Power, the agreement had an effective date of February 1.