Notice2023-04521
Notice of Availability of National Transmission Needs Study and Request for Comment
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Published
March 6, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of availability of the draft National Transmission Needs Study for public review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13811-13812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04521]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of National Transmission Needs Study and
Request for Comment
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of
availability of the draft National Transmission Needs Study for public
review and comment.
DATES: DOE is currently accepting public comment from March 6, 2023
through April 20, 2023. Comments must be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#612f0404051232151405184f220e0c0c040f15122109104f050e044f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0be95959483a384859489deb39f9d9d959e8483b09881de949f95de979f86">[email protected]</span></a> by midnight EST, April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
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<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d29cb7b7b6a181a6a7b6abfc91bdbfbfb7bca6a192baa3fcb6bdb7fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81cfe4e4e5f2d2f5f4e5f8afc2eeecece4eff5f2c1e9f0afe5eee4afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>. DOE's guidance is available at:
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/gdo/national-transmission-needs-study">www.energy.gov/gdo/national-transmission-needs-study</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adria Brooks, U.S. Department of
Energy, Grid Deployment Office, via (202) 586-2006; or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b755e5e5f48684f4e5f4215785456565e554f487b534a155f545e155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="074962626374547372637e2944686a6a62697374476f762963686229606871">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is
announcing the availability of the draft National Transmission Needs
Study (Needs Study) and requests public comment on the draft.
Section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as recently amended
by section 40105 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),
requires DOE to conduct a study of electric transmission capacity
constraints and congestion every three years. The Needs Study
implements that statutory provision and replaces what was formerly
known as the National Electric Transmission Congestion Study.
Pursuant to section 216(a)(1), DOE has consulted with states,
Tribes, and appropriate regional reliability entities regarding the
Needs Study, including by providing a consultation draft for review and
comment by these entities, as well as through a series of six audience-
specific webinars following release of the consultation draft, and
availability of DOE staff for phone calls and meetings. The draft Needs
Study made available for public comment by this Notice reflects
revisions made in light of the comments and input that DOE received
from states, Tribes, and regional reliability entities.
Pursuant to section 216(a)(2) of the FPA, the study would inform
any decision to exercise DOE's National Interest Electric Transmission
Corridor designation authority. The Needs Study will also inform DOE as
it coordinates the use of other authorities and funding related to
electric transmission. These include new authorities under the IIJA and
existing DOE programs, such as grid-related research and development
and financing authorities that support grid infrastructure development.
Members of the public can visit GDO's website to access the public
draft of the study as well as guidance for how to send comments or
request further information at: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gdo/national-transmission-needs-study">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/national-transmission-needs-study</a>. Comments will be made available publicly at
the same website.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on February
23, 2023, by Maria D. Robinson, Director of the Grid Deployment Office,
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That
document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document
of the Department of Energy. The administrative process in no way
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-04521 Filed 3-3-23; 8:45 am]
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