Bad news for the transmission reform policy proposed by FERC

FERC commissioner James Danly declared that the FERC proposal for transmission planning and cost allocation was unjust because it’s predicated on the idea that transmission rates are unjust. Danly said it unfairly gives preference to states and localities with RPSs and forces other states to plan for those kinds of policies – and he says that kind of policy is beyond FERC’s remit. The takeaway? The FERC proposal will probably not happen.