Authors
Zach Zimmerman and Rob GramlichPublished
October 2024Key Takeaways
A year after publishing the initial transmission planning and development report card, this interim review of regional transmission planning processes provides a qualitative update of planning practices and reforms that are underway.
We find that across the country, several regions have initiated steps to reform their long-term regional transmission planning processes. Many of those reforms are promising improvements. However, despite the promise, many of these reforms are also in early stages of implementation and it is not clear what the final outcome will be or how it will impact actual transmission development. In regions where planning reforms have not been initiated, that may change going into 2025 as transmission planners are currently required to submit compliance plans/tariffs with the long-term regional transmission planning requirements in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order No. 1920 by June 2025.