By Controlling Transmission, Utilities Corner the Electricity Market — Episode 149 of Local Energy Rules

In 2011, FERC eliminated the “right of first refusal”: incumbent utilities’ right to build a new regional transmission line through their own territory. FERC also encouraged utility companies to give control of electric transmission to third parties called “regional transmission organizations.”

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