Breathitt

Speaking at a conference in New York earlier this week,Commissioner Linda K. Breathitt said she believes FERC will have toassume a role in the siting of electric generation and transmissionfacilities to ensure well-functioning competitive power markets.”FERC needs to have a role in the siting of new infrastructurebecause shortages of generation and transmission will not just bestate issues. I believe these shortages could become interstatecommerce issues that must be addressed by the federal government,”she said to the Bank of America Securities LLC gathering.