US Transmission Planning Arrangements -- Competitive Procurement and Independent Planner Model
12 November 2012
By Ann Whitfield, Amparo Nieto, and Kathleen Orlandi
This report was prepared by a NERA team at the request of Grid Australia, which represents the owners of Australia's electricity transmission networks in the National Electricity Market, plus Western Australia. Grid Australia sought advice from NERA on transmission planning arrangements as they apply in North America. In particular, Grid Australia was interested in understanding the extent to which competitive procurement has been used to date in the US for new transmission investment, and the anticipated expansion in the use of competitive procurement as a result of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 1000 (FERC Order 1000). In addition, this report outlines the history behind the introduction of not-for-profit Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) in North America.
