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2024-10872 — Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) revises the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to remedy deficiencies in the Commission's existing regional and local transmission planning and cost allocation requirements. In this final order, the Commission requires transmission providers to conduct Long- Term Regional Transmission Planning that will ensure the identification, evaluation, and selection, as well as the allocation of the costs, of more efficient or cost-effective regional transmi…

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedVerify the effective date, covered entities, and operative text.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2024-06-11Final order.
Primary sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public record linked

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Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades. Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

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Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordissued by: Issuing agency named in the tracked public recordmember of family: standalonePolicy record2024-10872Building for the Future Thr…2024-10872: Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost AllocationPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public sourceFed. Register: Original public sourceDocumented actorEnergy DepartmentagencyEnergy Department: agencyPolicy familyBuilding for the Futur…USBuilding for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation: US

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