Document: FERC releases draft transmission rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has publicly released a preliminary rule to speed up the process for approving interstate power lines that would integrate much higher levels of non-emitting wind and solar power generators into the electric grid. The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) was approved by FERC at its July 15 meeting and was recently issued ahead of its publication in the Federal Register . Public comments are due 75 days after the notice is published in...