5th Circ. Upends FERC's Western Grid Cost-Sharing Plan

By Peter McGuire ( August 3, 2023, 7:29 PM EDT) -- Federal energy regulators' arrangement for sharing the cost of electric transmission projects across the American West violates federal law and incentivizes some power companies to get free rides on new infrastructure at the cost of federally regulated utilities, according to a divided Fifth Circuit ruling....

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