Grid expansions embroiled in utility industry politics

Josiah Neeley, a resident senior fellow at R Street, a conservative think tank, called the message sent by ATC and other utilities “unseemly.”

“Effectively what the study is saying,” Neeley said, “is if you have a ROFR, it’s going to cost us more to build the line. But that’s OK, because we’re going to make other states pay for it.”