FERC can't overturn states' transmission rejections

http://www.pennenergyequipment.com/article/display.html?id=372537

20 January 2010-- The Supreme Court on Jan. 19 let stand a lower court ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) cannot approve a transmission line that a state rejected.

In Edison Electric Institute et al. v. Piedmont Environmental Council et al., the Supreme Court declined to review the ruling and did not give a comment. . .

Also see " ELECTRICITY: Supreme Court dashes hopes of backers of federal transmission siting" at http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=25148&docId=l:1111606135&isRss=true