State regulators now may participate more fully in the long-term regional transmission planning process under newly adopted modifications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Order No. 1920 rule.
“I applaud my colleagues for helping us achieve this bipartisan, unanimous compromise, which will benefit all Americans,” FERC Chairman Willie Phillips said Thursday.
Approved on Nov. 21, the new Order No. 1920-A responds to requests for rehearing and clarification of the original Order No. 1920, Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation, which FERC approved in May.
The approval of Order No. 1920 marked the first time in more than a decade that the commission had addressed regional transmission policy — and the first time FERC had ever squarely addressed the need for long-term transmission planning.
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