State utility commissions from Louisiana and Mississippi want the Fifth Circuit to review a landmark power grid planning rule that deepened a rift between federal and some state regulators over who pays for long-range electric transmission projects.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission and Mississippi Public Service Commission claimed they are aggrieved by the order finalized in May by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to a petition for review filed Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The final rule requires grid planners to conduct 20-year forward-looking assessments when crafting transmission plans, weighing impacts from the ...