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FERC Proceeding: American Public Power Association Files Motion to Intervene and Protest EDF's Declaratory Order Petition

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The American Public Power Association (APPA), Large Public Power Council (LPPC), and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) have intervened in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceeding to protest EDF power solutions Development, Inc.'s (EDF) petition seeking a declaratory order that the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) no longer has a valid reciprocity tariff. The three organizations, representing a collective 55 million people in 49 states and five U.S. territories, have submitted a motion to intervene and protest the petition.

Key Takeaways:

  • The American Public Power Association (APPA), Large Public Power Council (LPPC), and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) have intervened in the FERC proceeding to protest EDF's declaratory order petition.
  • The three organizations, representing a collective 55 million people in 49 states and five U.S. territories, have filed a motion to intervene and protest the petition.
  • EDF's petition seeks a declaratory order that the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) no longer has a valid reciprocity tariff and requests that FERC order SRP to reinstate EDF's project to SRP's interconnection queue.
  • APPA, LPPC, and NRECA have argued that the Commission should deny EDF's petition because it would contradict decades of settled Commission precedent and exceed the Commission's statutory authority.
  • The organizations have submitted that their participation in the proceeding is in the public interest and that they have a direct interest in the outcome of the proceeding.
  • The three organizations have a combined 90% of the transmission assets owned by public power utilities and represent 15% of all sales of electric energy (kWh) to end-use consumers.
  • APPA is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide, while LPPC is an association of 29 of the nation's largest municipal and state-owned utilities.

Statistics:

  • 55 million people in 49 states and five U.S. territories are represented by APPA, LPPC, and NRECA.
  • 15% of all sales of electric energy (kWh) to end-use consumers are accounted for by public power utilities.
  • 90% of the transmission assets owned by public power utilities are represented by LPPC.
  • 42 million people are served by electric cooperatives, and these cooperatives operate at cost without a profit incentive.

Sources:

  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.214
  • https://www.electric.coop/electric-cooperative-fact-sheet
  • https://elibrary.ferc.gov

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