In an Order on Rehearing of its proposed rule on Long-Term Transmission Rights, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on November 16 essentially reaffirmed its proposed rule and did not weaken it, as proposed by several commenters. From a public power perspective, this was a "win" for load-serving entities. Although APPA, and other public power entities, had urged FERC to mandate a preference for load-serving entities (LSEs) that have or planned long-term power supply commitments, the Commission declined to go that far. Instead, it said that it expects RTOs to provide sufficient long-term transmission rights to cover LSEs' baseload requirements and, if there is a scarcity of such rights, to "allow" the RTO or other transmission organizations to propose an allocation plan that would give preference to LSEs with long-term power supply commitments.