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Transmission Planning – A National Perspective

Transmission Planning – A National Perspective. Lauren Azar Senior Advisor to the Secretary U. S. Department of Energy May 31, 2013 – WI Public Utilities Institute. Federal Role in Transmission Planning. FERC : latest = Order 1000 NERC : compliance with reliability standards

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Transmission Planning – A National Perspective

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  1. Transmission Planning –A National Perspective Lauren Azar Senior Advisor to the Secretary U. S. Department of Energy May 31, 2013 – WI Public Utilities Institute

  2. Federal Role in Transmission Planning • FERC: latest = Order 1000 • NERC: compliance with reliability standards • DOE: funding for interconnection-wide planning, R&D in transmission modeling, convening stakeholders **** FERC/NERC = regulatory agencies DOE = research, convening and direct ownership of transmission

  3. FERC Order 1000

  4. FERC Order 1000 – Transmission Planning • Four requirements for planning: • Process must satisfy Order No. 890 and produces a regional transmission plan. • Must consider needs driven by public policy requirements and evaluate proposed solutions. • Eliminate ROFRs for new lines. • Utilities in neighboring transmission planning regions must look for coordinated solutions.

  5. FERC Order 1000 – Cost Allocation • Three requirements for cost allocation: • Utilities must participate in regional planning process with a regional cost allocation method. Method must satisfy six cost allocation principles. • Utilities in neighboring regions must have a common interregional cost-allocation method for new interregional lines. • Participant-funding of new transmission facilities is permitted, but is not allowed as the regional or interregional cost allocation method.

  6. Boundary lines are approximated and based on the best publicly available geographic information from planning regional participants. For illustrative purposes only.

  7. FERC Order 1000 – Compliance Filings and Decisions • Example FERC decisions: • Duke • MISO • ISO NE • NY ISO • CAISO • West Connect • NTTG

  8. Interconnection-Wide Planning

  9. Interconnection Wide: The East Combined Federal Climate and Energy - • Nationwide implementation • Economy-wide carbon emissions reduced by 50% from 2005 levels in 2030 and 80% in 2050; • Meet 30% of nation’s electricity requirements from renewables by 2030; • Significant deployment of energy efficiency measures, demand response, distributed generation, smart grid, and other low-carbon technologies National Renewable Portfolio Standard – • Regional implementation • 30% of the nation’s electricity requirements from renewables by 2030 Business as Usual • Existing conditions including load growth, existing Renewable Portfolio Standards, and current proposed environmental regulations.

  10. Scenario 1: Combined Federal Climate and Energy Policy

  11. Scenario 2: Nat’l RPS with Regional Implementation

  12. Scenario 3: Business as Usual

  13. Eastern Interconnection: Energy Zones • Create a "clean energy resources atlas" - provide information, tools and support to states who wish to identify these types of zones • Some states may ID zones in 2013

  14. DOE Triennial Congestion Study & NIETCs

  15. NIETCs • DOE’s Triennial Congestion Study. • DOE Secretary designates NIETCs. • Developers of lines within NIETCs may submit a construction application to FERC. • Under certain circumstances, FERC can issue an application that includes federal eminent domain powers.

  16. The End

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