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Unfettering The Grid: Spurring Transmission Investment By Reducing Regulatory Ambiguity, Andrew Emerson

Andrew Emerson

Streamlining the regulatory framework that underlies the development of the United State’s energy grid is essential to maintaining current levels of energy reliability while incorporating new renewable energy resources. Since 1996, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC ) has advanced regulatory policies intended to develop competitive energy markets in the United State, however, these regulations have consistently failed to provide specific formulas by which market participants could determine how much they should be charged for the use of transmission lines. In doing so, these regulations have resulted in ongoing judicial controversy and costly project delays.

This paper argues that to …