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Why FERC is handing power back to utilities
FromPOLITICO Energy
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8 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Faced with new urgency under President Joe Biden's goal to rid the
electric grid of planet-warming carbon dioxide by 2035, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission is putting transmission planning back in
the hands of the nation’s large utilities, who have long controlled
construction of the power network in their territories. POLITICO’s
Catherine Morehouse explains.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
electric grid of planet-warming carbon dioxide by 2035, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission is putting transmission planning back in
the hands of the nation’s large utilities, who have long controlled
construction of the power network in their territories. POLITICO’s
Catherine Morehouse explains.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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