Sec. 11. Independent transmission monitor
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, for the purpose of monitoring the planning and operation of transmission facilities in transmission planning regions, the Commission shall— require each transmission planning region to establish an independent entity to monitor the planning and operation of transmission facilities in the transmission planning region; and establish a council, to be known as the Council of Transmission Monitors — to provide oversight of each independent entity established pursuant to subparagraph (A); and to ensure interregional collaboration and consistency; or establish an independent entity to monitor the planning and operation of transmission facilities in all transmission planning regions.
An independent entity described in paragraph (1)(A) or
(2)of subsection
(a)shall, as applicable— review the operation of applicable transmission planning regions for inefficiency and practices that may lead to unjust and unreasonable rates; review costs of transmission facilities, including identifying inefficiencies among local, regional, and interregional planning; provide examples and advice to transmission providers on appropriate regional transmission operations, planning, and cost-allocation processes; and identify situations in which— nonwire alternatives may be more cost-effective than transmission; grid-enhancing technologies may be appropriate; high-capacity, interregional lines may be— more cost-effective; or a more appropriate reliability and resilience alternative; or high-capacity regional lines may be more cost-effective than local upgrades.