Sec. 216. Identifying regional transmission needs
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Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall convene a technical conference to evaluate how regional transmission planning needs are identified in regional transmission planning processes. The technical conference shall be led by the members of the Commission, and the Commission shall invite participation from representatives of ratepayers and such other entities as the Commission determines appropriate. The following topics shall be considered during the technical conference:
How to improve the transparency of the identification of transmission planning needs. How to increase stakeholder input in the identification of transmission planning needs. How to update methodologies that are used to identify transmission planning needs for purposes of— ensuring that such needs may lead to solutions that recognize the multiple benefits of a proposed solution, such as economic, reliability, and public policy-based benefits; and using scenario-based forecasting to accurately predict future transmission planning needs.
How to ensure that— unnecessary transmission facilities are not selected in regional transmission planning processes; and more efficient or cost-effective transmission solutions are selected in regional transmission planning processes. The Commission shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the technical conference. Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the technical conference, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register a rule, in accordance with section 206 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824e ), that requires transmission providers to— increase transparency in the identification of transmission planning needs; update methodologies that are used to identify transmission planning needs for purposes of providing more accurate forecasting of expected transmission planning needs; and update their methodologies to ensure that the identification of transmission planning needs in regional planning processes may lead to solutions that recognize the multiple benefits of a proposed solution, such as economic, reliability, and public policy-based benefits.
In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term transmission provider means a public utility (as defined in section 201 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824 )) that owns, operates, or controls facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.
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