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Example States and State Governments

New Mexico’s HB 50 (2020)

New Mexico passed a March 2020 bill providing that transmission line projects qualify for industrial revenue bonds available through cities and municipalities, and supporting power lines that promote ...
Example States and State Governments

Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zones

The Texas Public Utility Commission is responsible for designating “competitive renewable energy zones” and “develop[ing] a plan to construct transmission capacity necessary to deliver to electric cus...
Example States and State Governments

Michigan’s Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act

Michigan’s 2008 Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act called for the mapping of “Wind Energy Resource Zones” where transmission lines would be subject to an expedited siting process.
Resource Public Utilities

BNL report, The Cost of Transmission for Wind Energy

Berkley National Laboratories’ report, The Cost of Transmission for Wind Energy, examines 40 transmission planning studies and draws some conclusions about the costs of expanding the transmission grid...
Model Law States and State Governments

LPDD Model Law: State Law Expediting the Siting of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Generating Systems

This model state legislation aims to expedite and institutionalize uniform processes for siting facilities for generating, transporting and storing renewable energy. The model statute has two parallel...
Resource Executive Branch

Report, A Path Forward for FERC

The Institute for Policy Integrity’s 2020 report, A Path Forward for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, advises that FERC should take an active role in better aligning regulatory practices with...
Resource States and State Governments

Colorado’s SB72 (2021)

Colorado SB72 creates the Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA) and also requires state utilities to join an RTO by 2030, unless the PUC finds it is not in the public interest or cannot find...