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FERC Judge Issues Blueprint for Northeast RTO.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Regional Transmission Organization)(Brief Article)

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WASHINGTON, DC--An administrative law judge at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in September released a blueprint to establish a single Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) in the Northeast, possibly by as early as the end of 2002, based on the existing PJM Interconnection, LLC, model.

On July 12, 2001, FERC granted PJM RTO status and approved PJM West--a dramatic expansion of PJM's system operation and market rules to the Allegheny Power region in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio. At the same time, the FERC directed PJM, Allegheny Power, the New York Independent System Operator (ISO), ISO New England, and other stakeholders to begin a 45-day mediation process to form one Northeast RTO based on PJM's platform. That process culminated on September 17 with the release of a business plan developed by the mediation participants and Administrative Law Judge H. Peter Young's report transmitting the business plan to the FERC.

PJM stated that it was "pleased with the results of the FERC-directed mediation on developing a single RTO," but FERC ...

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