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Please see Board Correspondence.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
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Subject: FW: BOS correspondence re FERC News Release issued on 4/22/2022
See attached correspondence regarding FERC issuance of a NOPR for Transmission Planning and Cost
Allocation.
Sincerely,
Robin Bennett,
Executive Assistant
Office: 530-762-2186
Supervisor Doug Teeter, District 5
Butte County Board of Supervisors
747 Elliott Road, Suite B
Paradise, CA 95969 Email: rbennett@buttecounty.net
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Subject:FERC News Release issued on 4/22/2022
Date:Friday, April 22, 2022 6:28:31 AM
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On 4/22/2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this News Release:
Description: News Release: FERC Issues Transmission NOPR Addressing Planning, Cost Allocation under RM21-17.
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April 21, 2022
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RM21-17, Agenda item E-1
FERC Issues Transmission NOPR Addressing Planning, Cost Allocation
FERC took steps today to improve regional transmission planning and cost allocation of certain types
of transmission with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR). The proposed rule addresses the need
for our nation’s energy infrastructure to be more resilient and reliable while also achieving cost
savings for consumers.
“Transmission facilities provide a broad range of benefits,” FERC Chairman Rich Glick said. “Planning
for those facilities with a longer-term forward-looking approach, in addition to fairly allocating their
costs, is essential to ensuring we are developing energy infrastructure in a manner that reduces costs
and enhances reliability.”
“Today’s proposal is the culmination of months of work by FERC’s dedicated staff and the
Commissioners,” Glick added. “While there is a great deal more to do, I believe the Commission is
rising to meet a timely and important challenge.”
Highlights of the proposed rule include:
Proposed Changes to Regional Transmission Planning
Transmission providers would be:
Required to conduct regional transmission planning on a sufficiently long-term, forward-
looking basis to meet transmission needs driven by changes in the resource mix and demand;
Required to identify transmission needs through multiple long-term scenarios that
incorporate a minimum set of factors, such as federal, state, and local laws and regulations
that affect the future resource mix and demand; trends in technology and fuel costs; resource
retirements; generator interconnection requests and withdrawals; and extreme weather
events;
Able to consider a proposed list of broader set of benefits of regional transmission facilities to
meet these long-term transmission needs for the purposes of selection and cost allocation;
and
Required to establish transparent and not unduly discriminatory or preferential criteria which
seeks to maximize benefits to consumers over time without over-building transmission
facilities to select transmission facilities in the regional plan for purposes of cost allocation
that address these long-term transmission needs.
Proposed Changes to Regional Transmission Cost Allocation
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Each transmission provider would be required to:
Seek the agreement of relevant state entities within the transmission planning region
regarding the cost allocation for transmission facilities selected as part of long-term regional
transmission planning.
Establish a cost allocation method for transmission facilities selected as part of long-term
regional transmission planning that is an ex ante cost allocation method, State Agreement
Process by which one or more relevant state entities may voluntarily agree to a cost allocation
method, or a combination thereof.
Establish a cost allocation method for transmission facilities selected as part of long-term
regional transmission planning that complies with the existing six Order No. 1000 regional
cost allocation principles.
Proposed Amendments to Order No. 1000: Right of First Refusal
The NOPR proposes to amend Order No. 1000 to permit the exercise of a federal rights of first refusal
for transmission facilities selected in a regional transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation,
conditioned on the incumbent transmission provider establishing joint ownership of those facilities.
Commenting on the NOPR
The Commission encourages commenters to identify improvements that will support development of
more efficient and cost-effective transmission facilities. Comments are due 75 days from date of
publication in the Federal Register. Reply comments are due 30 days after the initial comment
deadline. Members of the public requiring assistance in filing comments should email FERC’s Office of
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Public Participation (opp@ferc.gov
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