Transmission owners prevail shedding doubt on FERC’s refusal to authorize rate of return for major generator interconnection upgrade projects. On January 26, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded five FERC orders that rejected Transmission Owners’ request to self-fund indirect interconnection upgrades of 345 kilovolts (kV) or greater (Network Upgrades), required to […]
Virginia State Public Policy Mandating Underground Transmission Line Preference Affects Ratepayers
Introduction Virginia state public policy mandating underground transmission line preference affects ratepayers. On October 19, 2017, FERC issued Opinion No. 555 pursuant to Parties’ exceptions to the Initial Decision in Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation v. Virginia Electric and Power Company, 161 FERC ¶ 61,054, reversing the Administrative Law […]