DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SELECTIONS
December 18, 2009. The Department of Energy announced award selections for funding f
rom the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support transmission
planning for the country’s three interconnection transmission networks. In the Eastern Interconnection, DOE awarded funding to the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative and to the Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council.
The DOE and FERC also released a Memorandum of Understanding between the agencies to coordinate efforts related to interconnection level transmission planning.
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS: DOE PROPOSALS
States: Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council
In connection with the U.S. Department of Energy's funding opportunity to support the states' examination of ways to increase economies and reliability across the eastern interconnection, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners submitted a proposal on behalf of thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia to the DOE. Subsequent to discussions with DOE, the EISPC submitted a reproposal.
