[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12949-12950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04874]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD21-15-000]


Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice 
Inviting Post-Meeting Comments

    On February 16, 2022, the Joint Federal-State Task Force on 
Electric Transmission convened for a public meeting.
    All interested persons are invited to file post-meeting comments to 
address issues raised during the meeting and identified in the Agenda 
issued February 2, 2022. For reference, questions asked by the meeting 
moderator are included below. Comments must be submitted on or before 
30 days from the date of this Notice.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.\1\ 
Instructions are available on the Commission's website http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must 
be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent 
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
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    \1\ See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021).
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    For more information about this Notice, please contact:

Michael Cackoski (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6169, [email protected].
Gretchen Kershaw (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
(202) 502-8213, [email protected].

    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.

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Topic 1: Discussion of Specific Categories and Types of Transmission 
Benefits That Transmission Providers Should Consider for the Purposes 
of Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

     The three specific categories/types of transmission 
facilities considered for the purposes of transmission planning and 
cost allocation are reliability, economics, and public policy. Can and 
should these three categories and types of transmission that are 
considered for the purposes of transmission planning and cost 
allocation be expanded or changed? If so, what specific categories or 
types of benefits should be considered for the purposes of allocating 
the cost of transmission to ratepayers?
     Are the existing three categories of transmission being 
adequately considered or can they be improved upon--either separately 
or together--and if so how?
     Are there any specific benefits being considered by 
transmission providers today that should be more widely adopted by 
other transmission providers? Are certain benefits unique to specific 
regions?
     How should certainty of benefits be addressed? For 
example, should benefits be quantifiable? What tools are available or 
should be developed to account for uncertainty?

Topic 2: Discussion of Cost Allocation Principles, Methodologies, and 
Decision Processes for the Purposes of Transmission Planning and Cost 
Allocation

     Are current cost allocation methodologies used by 
transmission providers allocating costs roughly commensurate with 
estimated benefits, and if not, how should this be improved?
     Under what set of benefits--both existing and expanded--
would states be amenable to bearing the costs of transmission that is 
expected to deliver those estimated benefits to ratepayers?
     Is there sufficient opportunity for stakeholders, 
including states, to collaborate in the development and approval of 
cost allocation methodologies to build consensus among and increase 
buy-in from stakeholders within a transmission planning region, and if 
not, how can this be improved?

[FR Doc. 2022-04874 Filed 3-7-22; 8:45 am]
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