Establishes Comment Period on Motion for Stay of Refund Obligations, Opinion No. 594
Summary
FERC has established a comment deadline of April 17, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time for parties to respond to the New England Transmission Owners' Motion for Stay of refund obligations associated with Opinion No. 594. The motion seeks to stay refund obligations for the period from October 16, 2014 through March 19, 2026. The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, and New England States Committee on Electricity opposed the request for a shortened comment period.
What changed
FERC has issued a notice establishing the comment period deadline for responding to the Indicated NETOs' Motion for Stay of refund obligations stemming from Opinion No. 594 in the Coakley v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company proceedings. The original motion, filed April 2, 2026, requested a shortened three-business-day comment period, which was opposed by state regulatory authorities. FERC set the standard comment deadline of April 17, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.\n\nAffected parties including state attorneys general, consumer advocates, industrial energy groups, and municipal light departments involved in these proceedings should submit comments by the deadline. This procedural notice does not determine the merits of the stay request but merely establishes the timeline for further pleadings in the ongoing regulatory proceeding.
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Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority,
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, George Jepsen, Attorney General of
the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Maine Office of the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office
of the Consumer Advocate, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, Vermont Department of Public Service, Massachusetts
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, The Energy Consortium, Power Options, Inc.,
Industrial Energy Consumer Group v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, Northeast
Utilities Service Company, on behalf of its operating company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western
Massachusetts Electric Company, and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation, The United
Illuminating Company, Unitil Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont Transco, LLC, ISO New
England Inc.
ENE (Environment Northeast), Greater Boston Real Estate Board, National Consumer Law Center, NEPOOL Industrial Customer Coalition v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, NSTAR
Electric Company, Northeast Utilities Service Company, The United Illuminating Company, Unitil Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg
Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont Transco, LLC
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Massachusetts Municipal
Wholesale Electric Company, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, New Hampshire
Public Utilities Commission, George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel,
Maine Office of the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities
and Carriers, Vermont Department of Public Service, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, The Energy Consortium, Power Options,
Inc., Western Massachusetts Industrial Group, Environment Northeast, National Consumer Law Center, Greater Boston Real Estate
Board, Industrial Energy Consumer Group v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, Northeast
Utilities Service Company, on behalf of its operating company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western
Massachusetts Electric Company, and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, NSTAR Electric Company, The United Illuminating
Belmont Municipal Light Department, Braintree Electric Light Department, Concord Municipal Light Plant, Georgetown Municipal
Light Department, Groveland Electric Light Department, Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant, Littleton Electric Light & Water
Department, Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, Middleton Electric Light Department, Reading Municipal Light Department,
Rowley Municipal Lighting Plant, Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, Wellesley Municipal Light Plant v. Central Maine Power Company, Emera Maine (formerly known as Bangor Hydro-Electric Company), Eversource Energy Service Company
and its operating company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, Public
Service Company of New Hampshire, and NSTAR Electric Company, New England Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, The
United Illuminating Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont Transco, LLC
On April 2, 2026, the New England Transmission Owners (Indicated NETOs) (1) filed a Motion for Stay (Motion) of the refund obligations in Opinion No. 594 (2) associated with the period from October 16, 2014, through March 19, 2026. Included in the Motion was a request that the Commission
shorten the period for comments in response to the Motion to three business days. The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory
Authority and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office collectively, and the New England States Committee on Electricity
filed answers opposing Indicated NETOs' request for a shortened comment period.
Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that comments in response to Indicated NETOs' Motion are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on April 17, 2026.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1.)
Dated: April 14, 2026. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2026-07550 Filed 4-16-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
Footnotes
(1) The “Indicated NETOs” are Central Maine Power Company, Eversource Energy Service Company (on behalf of its operating company
affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company; NSTAR Electric Company; and Public Service Company of New Hampshire,
each of which is doing business as Eversource Energy), and The United Illuminating Company.
(2) Coakley v. Bangor Hydro-Elec. Co., Opinion No. 594, 194 FERC ¶ 61,208 (2026).
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