Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity

5.7.9 Regional Transmission Planning

LPDD Recommendation: “Regional planners could study how the role of coal and natural gas in the generation mix will likely change or should change in the next several decades in light of GHG reduction goals.”

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MISO’s Long-Range Transmission Portfolio

Jurisdiction: Regional Transmission Organizations

$10.3 billion transmission plan that could support about 53 GW of wind, solar, hybrid and stand-alone battery projects.

New FERC Transmission Planning Proceeding (2021)

Jurisdiction: Federal Agencies and Departments

Seeking comments about how to change or enhance existing transmission regulations to support the build-out of carbon-free resources.

Colorado’s SB72 (2021)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Creates the Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA) and also requires state utilities to join a Regional Transmission Authority by 2030.

Nevada’s SB 448

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Creates new transmission planning requirements to help the state achieve its renewable and GHG goals, authorizes more spending for EV charging, directs 40% of such funding into underserved communities, and adjusts efficiency and storage incentives.

MISO/PJM Joint Modeling Case Study: Clean Power Analysis

Jurisdiction: Regional Transmission Organizations

A 2017 study on compliance with the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which concluded, among other things, that interstate trading lowered the cost of compliance over in-state compliance only.

MISO’s 2032 Projections

Jurisdiction: Regional Transmission Organizations

MISO studied various energy scenarios in its 2032 projections, including an Accelerated Fleet Change scenario that presumed regional climate policies.

CAISO’s Transmission Planning Analysis

Jurisdiction: Regional Transmission Organizations

CAISO, the California independent system operator, based its draft 2018-19 transmission planning analysis around Renewables Portfolio Standard compliance.

Report, Regional Transmission Planning

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies

Surveyed practices across independent system operators in response to FERC’s Order 1000.

FERC Order 1000

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies

Imposed on all public utility electric transmission providers the need to develop regional transmission plans. Those plans must consider non-transmission options as well as transmission options.