FERC last week accepted a compliance filing from Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) committing them to hold joint meetings with neighboring transmission owners on regional transmission projects.
Under the revised formula rate protocols approved by FERC, when the companies are recovering the costs of a regional or interregional project, they “will endeavor to hold a joint meeting with other transmission owners who have been allocated costs for the same project” to explain how the TOs are recovering the costs (ER 14-2866-003, ER14-2866-04).
FERC had rejected a compliance filing in October, saying that it didn’t meet the directives of a March 2015 order requiring LG&E/KU to hold the joint meetings. The commission said the previous filing appeared to limit coordination to only other transmission owners that are members of the Southeast Regional Transmission Planning project.
The commission also clarified its October directive, acknowledging that it had inadvertently omitted the word “regional” in one sentence.
In a separate ruling last week, FERC closed a proceeding between Kentucky Utilities and Benham Power Board, accepting their agreement to terminate their contract as of June 1, 2015 (ER12-1574).
— Suzanne Herel
