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Tag: FERC

Upton had better come through..

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Dec 30, 2010 at 01:23:56 PM EST
Tags: FERC, WSJ, Energy, Upton, Michigan, Higher costs (all tags)

Or we have problems.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan will start paying even MORE for its energy.. and Not just trifling amounts, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission placing a $300 million to $500 million annual surtax on the state's electric utility bills.

On December 16, the FERC Chairman announced new rules that would socialize the cost of transmission lines across 13 states in the Midwest, including our own.

That region-wide pricing scheme, according to a study commissioned by utility companies, will force Michigan to pay about 20% of as much as $20 billion in new high-voltage transmission lines--though Michigan businesses and homeowners will get little benefit. Thanks to FERC's new tariff, nearly everything in Michigan--from cars and trucks to Frosted Flakes--will be more expensive to make."

Just what Michigan needs! And for what? To transmit electricity from wind farms in Iowa and the Dakotas... except that Michigan doesn't need their electricity. At least not now, and anyhow what changes were made that would add costs like this? The government taking over the lines?

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