Concerned about a loss of regional transmission organization independence, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday rejected proposals that would have given PJM Interconnection transmission owners more control over the grid operator’s transmission planning process.
“We are concerned that these provisions violate the Commission’s independence requirement by providing a single stakeholder group, specifically, the PJM [transmission owners,] with undue influence over transmission planning and expansion, and thereby reducing PJM’s independent governance,” FERC said in response to one set of proposed changes.
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