FERC deadlock may shift renewables’ future in South
In addition, the proposal doesn’t include an independent market monitor, which is commonplace in organized power markets elsewhere in the U.S. That factor is a sticking point for the libertarian R Street Institute, for example, a think tank that advocates for free markets and limited government.
“R Street hopes that efforts to enable more competitive wholesale markets through an [regional transmission organization] are not cut off due to this formality,” Chris Villarreal, an associate fellow at R Street, said in an email regarding the FERC notice.
