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Sacramento, CA, Aug. 28, 2008 -- The Independent Energy Producers Association (IEP) filed a formal protest with the state's Public Utility Commission over what they call PG&E's "self-serving" application for fast-track approval of its proposed Tesla Generating Station outside the competitive process.
According to the protest, PG&E's application shows a "flagrant disregard" for the commission's approval process and "confirms that PG&E is intent on re-monopolizing the generation sector of the electric industry."
"If ratepayers are to reap the benefits that competition can offer... the commission must forcefully reject PG&E's self-serving proposal," reads the protest.
The protest also disputes PG&E's claim that reliability would be threatened if the Tesla project had to go through the competitive process, and said PG&E's request that ratepayers be liable for "pre-approval" costs even if the plant is rejected "should be firmly rejected."
"Once again, PG&E is exploiting the Commission's commitment to reliability to force the Commission to... abandon the model of fair, open, transparent, and competitive procurement that it has repeatedly endorsed," asserts the protest. "There can be no fairness or competition if one 'competitor' is insured against risk by ratepayers while all others must bear the same risk alone."
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