Previous studies showed that transmission competition can provide meaningful cost savings, but some questioned whether the additional effort of competitive solicitations was worth it, especially if they delay needed transmission, Kent Chandler, one of the report’s authors, said in an email.

“Our analysis found no evidence that competitive solicitations have added time to the overall transmission planning and development timelines relative to utility processes,” said Chandler, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and former chairman of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.

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