MITCHELL SCHMIDT
After repeated failed attempts by some of the state’s largest utility companies to eliminate out-of-state competition on massive energy infrastructure projects, several of those same companies have now asked federal regulators to suspend competitive bidding rules for such projects in several states, including Wisconsin.
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