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RTO Tango

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By Bruce W. Radford

Magazine Volume: 
Fortnightly Magazine - September 2012
Utilities in the Midwest ISO want greater access to sell into PJM’s lucrative market. But that might require a virtual merger of the two RTOs — a move rejected seven years ago as too costly, and perhaps still impractical today.
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Commission Watch
Author Bio: 

Bruce W. Radford is publisher of Public Utilities Fortnightly.

Category (Actual): 
FERC
ETRM & Markets
Transmission

PJM and MISO ran from the altar once before. Now there’s talk of a shotgun wedding.

Transmission Rate Incentives

Did FERC Jump the Gun?
Bruce W. Radford, Public Utilities Fortnightly
In an October order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) trimmed the authorized rate incentive for the RITELine transmission project by one-third. The action prompted Commissioner Moeller to ask whether the commission is retreating from its incentive policy on needed transmission lines.
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