May 16, 2024--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (Washington, D.C.), the U.S. agency overseeing interstate electric transmission, issued a rule this week that aims to expedite siting of high-voltage transmission lines between regional transmission providers. It also proposed a cost-allocation methodology that could remove a major impediment to siting transmission lines, specifying who would pay--and who would not--for new transmission facilities that nearly all observers agree are needed.