Global consulting firm Brattle Group’s transmission competition study showed utilities overspending billions on major transmission projects between 2013 and 2017 due to lack of competition for the projects and insufficient public review of the plans, USA TODAY reported.Only 2% of the transmission projects studied by Brattle went through a competitive bidding process, and costs grew an average of 34% over original estimates when large utilities handled them. The study estimated independent companies that won bids for the projects, reduced costs on average by 40% below estimates.
According to the Brattle study, focused on the potential savings achieved by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 1000, the regulations establishing competitive processes for developing transmission projects are limited.
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