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Frank Pallone: “A recent report commissioned by American Municipal Power states that more than half of the $24.3 billion in transmission…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2017
A recent report commissioned by American Municipal Power states that more than half of the $24.3 billion in transmission projects in PJM in 2012 were unneeded to comply with the RTO or Federal reliability requirements and were not subject to rigorous review.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights issues with unnecessary transmission projects and their lack of review.

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