The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 15 took the first step in developing a major proposed electric transmission planning rule that could eventually transform the nation's energy landscape. In an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, or ANOPR (RM21- 17), the commission sought comments on how it should address obstacles that have stymied electric transmission buildout at the pace and scale needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change. FERC's last major transmission planning rule, Order 1000, was issued in 2011. That rule was designed to encourage interregional transmission planning among FERC-jurisdictional grid operators, but so far, no interregional transmission lines selected through an Order 1000-mandated transmission plan have been completed to date.
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