Transmission Resource Library

NARUC has developed a list of resources divided into key topic areas to enable further learning on energy transmission challenges, potential solutions, and technologies. The resource library was developed through the consultation of federal partners, national laboratories, and NARUC members. The library is not comprehensive and is intended to grow and develop with changes in the transmission technology and policy landscape. The links included below are provided to share relevant resources but are not endorsed by NARUC or its members. If you have any recommendations for resources to add or remove, please contact Deborah Reynolds. 

Table 1: Resource Library Topic Areas

	Topic Area
1	Regional Transmission Planning
2	Transmission Benefits and Cost Allocation
3	Generator Interconnection
4	Interregional Transmission Planning
5	Physical Security
6	Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and Non-Wires Alternatives

Topic 1 – Regional Transmission Planning

• Transmission Planning and Development Regional Report Card, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, June 2023
• A Transmission Success Story: The MISO MVP Transmission Portfolio, AESL Consulting, November 8, 2021
• Regional Transmission Planning: A Review of Practices Following FERC Order Nos. 890 and 1000, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, November 2017

 

Topic 2 – Transmission Benefits and Cost Allocation

• Multi-Value Transmission Planning for a Clean Energy Future, ESIG, June 2022
• Transmission Makes the Power System Resilient to Extreme Weather, ACORE, July 2021
• How Transmission Planning & Cost Allocation Processes are Inhibiting Wind & Solar Development in SPP, MISO, & PJM, ACORE, March 2021
• Transmission Cost Allocation: Principles, Methodologies, and Recommendations, The Brattle Group, November 16, 2020

 

Topic 3 – Generator Interconnection

• Generator Interconnection and Transmission Planning, The Brattle Group, August 9, 2022
• Plugging In: A Roadmap for Modernizing & Integrating Interconnection and Transmission Planning, Enel Green Power Working Paper

 

Topic 4 – Interregional Transmission Planning

• A Roadmap to Improved Interregional Transmission Planning, The Brattle Group, November 2021
• The Value of Inter-Regional Coordination and Transmission in Decarbonizing the US Electricity System, Brown and Botterud, January 20, 2021
• Interregional Transmission Coordination: A review of practices following FERC Order Nos. 890 and 1000, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, October 2019

 

Topic 5 – Physical Security

• Evaluation of the Physical Security Reliability Standard and Physical Security Attacks to the Bulk-Power System, NERC, April 14, 2023
• NERC CIP-014-3 Standard, NERC

 

Topic 6 – Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and Non-Wires Alternatives

• Webinar: Delivering Renewable Energy – How Grid Enhancing Technologies Enable Interconnection and Reduce Curtailment, ACORE & WATT Coalition, April 3, 2023
• A Guide to Case Studies of Grid Enhancing Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, October 2022