Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph Kelliher has urged the agency to reject a proposal that would grant states shared filing rights with the PJM Interconnection and its transmission owners under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act.
Kelliher's position reflects an ongoing debate over the appropriate regulatory balance between federal authority and state involvement in transmission planning and rate-setting matters. The filing rights at issue would allow states greater influence over interconnection agreements and tariff submissions within PJM's footprint.
The matter remains under consideration at FERC, where commissioners must weigh competing arguments regarding federalism, grid reliability, and the efficiency of the existing regulatory framework that has granted primary filing authority to transmission operators and regional transmission organizations.