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Dive Brief:
Eversource Energy’s X-178 transmission project in New Hampshire “epitomizes” the need to reform the “asset condition” review process in New England, the New England States Committee on Electricity told federal energy regulators on Monday.
New England “severely lacks” regulatory oversight of asset condition projects — typically those for the replacement of aging transmission infrastructure, according to NESCOE, which represents the region’s governors. NESCOE didn’t take a stance on a challenge to the project brought by state ratepayer advocates.
Eversource urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to dismiss the ratepayer advocates’ complaint, saying it misrepresents facts about the X-178 project and misstates provisions of the transmission operating agreement between ISO New England and transmission owners that give the transmission owners the authority to build asset condition projects.
