Life is too short to get bogged down in an endless number of hearings.
Barton is planning to hold five or six hearings on this issue over the next six weeks to gather expert testimony on what a comprehensive bill should include. David Nevius, NERC vice president, told the Subcommittee that introduction of competition requires changes to the current voluntary system for meeting reliability standards. NERC has participated with the power industry in an effort to develop an alternative to the current system. FERC had earlier voiced its concerns over existing power purchase contracts BECo previously negotiated with 14 municipal utilities. BECo proposed to fund the decommissioning costs itself and work out a deal with the munis via settlement talks or litigation to refund the money.