Sec. 33113. Interregional transmission planning report
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Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report that— examines the effectiveness of interregional transmission planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, or operational benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; evaluates the current architecture of regional electricity grids (including international transmission connections of such grids) that together comprise the Nation’s electricity grid, with respect to— potential growth in renewable energy generation, including energy generation from offshore wind; potential growth in electricity demand; and retirement of existing electricity generation assets; analyzes— the range of benefits that interregional transmission provides; the impact of basing transmission project approvals on a comprehensive assessment of the multiple benefits provided; synchronization of processes described in paragraph
(1)among neighboring regions; how often interregional transmission planning should be completed; whether voltage, size, or cost requirements should be a factor in the approval of interregional transmission projects; cost allocation methodologies for interregional transmission projects; and current barriers and challenges to construction of interregional transmission projects; and identifies potential changes, based on the analysis under paragraph (3), to the processes described in paragraph
(1)to ensure the most efficient, cost effective, and broadly beneficial transmission projects are selected for construction.