Energy Law Journal, January 1st, 2005
INTRODUCTION
In 1996 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted a landmark rulemaking, Order No. 888, to eradicate undue discrimination in the provision of electric transmission service. Order No. 888 required vertically integrated utilities to provide transmission service on an unbundled basis pursuant to a Pro Forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). The purpose of this remedy was to place competitors on the same footing as vertically integrated utilities in obtaining access to the transmission grid and thereby facilitate increased competition in bulk power markets. The fo...
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