American Electric Power said last year that it plans to spend $23.3 billion between 2022 and 2026 on transmission and distribution. But there’s been growing concern at the state and federal level that too much of it is occurring without enough transparency and oversight to ensure transmission owners are appropriately planning for new technology, considering more cost-effective regional approaches or alternate solutions and not ripping off their ratepayers.
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The Lockport Township Trustees approved a contract Monday evening governing the operation of streetlights in the Tamarac subdivision. The light bill is to be paid by the township under a special assessment approved over the summer.