Revised transmission planning process
To help achieve the state's 33% Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) target, the California ISO proposes to add a new category of transmission projects that will facilitate the necessary expansion of the electric grid to support renewable resource policy objectives, as well as a transmission project evaluation process that will use commercial interest tests and other criteria to determine whether projects are eligible to receive conditional or final approval by the ISO.
Outcome
Board of Governors approval: May 18, 2010
FERC Order: December 16, 2010
Initiative status
Policy development - complete
Tariff development - complete
Business practice manual development - complete
FERC compliance filings - in progress
Policy development
Tariff development
FERC filings and orders
Business practice manual development
Version 8 of the Transmission Planning BPM includes updates to the ISO annual transmission planning process in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 890.