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Logan utility staff flags steep Rocky Mountain Power transmission increases; appeals planned
Summary
Utility staff told the council the regional transmission charge passed through by the power grid operator has surged; the city anticipates an additional $860,000 in transmission fees and is pursuing appeals through FERC and coordination with peer utilities to limit rate impacts.
Logan utility staff updated the council on July 16 about sudden, large proposed increases in regional transmission charges from grid operators and Rocky Mountain Power that may raise the city’s wholesale transmission costs significantly.
Mark Montgomery told the council that the city’s joint utility group observed a Pacific Northwest-driven transmission adjustment that, in one recent filing, amounted to a multiyear transmission increase proposal for the regulated utility. He estimated Logan’s obligation in the…
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