FERC can’t overturn the New England Power Pool’s longstanding ban on public and press access to stakeholder meetings, NEPOOL told the commission.

The New England Power Pool’s proposal to codify its ban on press was attacked by consumer advocates, environmental groups and press advocates.

The FERC commissioners who approved NEPOOL as ISO-NE’s stakeholder body in 2004 were unaware at the time that it barred the press from its meetings.

RTO Insider filed a complaint asking FERC to overturn the New England Power Pool’s ban on press coverage of its meetings.