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Title: Planning Electric Transmission Lines: A Review of Recent Regional Transmission Plans

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1351315· OSTI ID:1351315
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The first Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) recommends that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) conduct a national review of transmission plans and assess the barriers and incentives to their implementation. DOE tasked Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to prepare two reports to support the agency’s response to this recommendation. This report reviews regional transmission plans and regional transmission planning processes that have been directed by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order Nos. 890 and 1000. We focus on the most recent regional transmission plans (those issued in 2015 and through approximately mid-year 2016) and current regional transmission planning processes. A companion report focuses on non-plan-related factors that affect transmission projects.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1351315
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1006331Rev.; ir:1006331-Rev.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English