Commissioner James Danly Statement
November 8, 2021
Docket No. ER21-1115-000 et al.
I concur in today’s order because it finds the open access transmission tariffs (OATTs) submitted in the captioned dockets to be just and reasonable for the reasons stated in the order.[1] I nevertheless write separately to state that this order is absolutely unnecessary because these OATTs have already taken effect by operation of law as I have previously explained.[2]
For these reasons, I respectfully concur.
[1] Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 177 FERC ¶ 61,080, at PP 40-46 (2021). These four dockets include updates to individual utilities’ OATTs in order to effectuate the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (Southeast EEM) and the provision of Non-Firm Energy Exchange Transmission Service.
[2] See Ala. Power Co., Statement of Commissioner James P. Danly, Docket Nos. ER21‑1111‑002, et al. (issued Oct. 20, 2021); see also 16 U.S.C. § 824d(g)(1)(B).