The utilities, who are once again the ones struggling to maintain something like a viable revenue stream, begged to differ and sued FERC for jurisdictional imprudence. They argue “that real energy generated by real power plants should attract a higher price, in order to stimulate much-needed investment.” Here again the battle’s lines take a familiar form. Some people value stuff, real existing stuff, more than non-stuff, nothings, and zeros that can be added, counted, and made manifest.
