{"id":36661,"date":"2019-04-30T17:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/?post_type=news&p=36661"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:38:56","slug":"ferc-rejects-new-england-committee-press-ban","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/ferc-rejects-new-england-committee-press-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Citizen in Your State: FERC Rejects New England Committee Press Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article appeared in the March\/April 2019 edition of Public Citizen News. Download the full edition\u00a0<\/i><\/b>here<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In January, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a request by the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Participants Committee to ban members of the press from becoming NEPOOL members. NEPOOL is the official organization tasked by FERC to develop electric rate policy for all of New England. It holds meetings at which electric rate policy is set for six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.<\/p>\n

Public Citizen in July asked FERC to require NEPOOL to open its meetings \u2013 at which billions of dollars in electric rate policy are developed \u2013 to journalists and the public.<\/p>\n

FERC\u2019s rejection of the press ban marks a partial victory for the public and the freedom of the press \u2013 partial, because FERC\u2019s order applies only to banning journalists from being NEPOOL members.<\/p>\n

FERC declined to issue a broader rule on NEPOOL\u2019s current policy of banning the general public from meetings where proposals to change New England\u2019s power market rules are developed, deliberated and voted upon. 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