Details for Collaborative Ten-Year Strategy for Restoring Health to Fire-Adapted Ecosystems (August 2001)

This report, prepared by a diverse, public/private work group identifies a range of potential transmission enhancements that would help ensure the region can move electricity where and when it is needed over the next decade. The report identifies different scenarios for expansion of the Western Interconnection and alternatives to expansion linked to emerging technologies, more efficient use of electricity that reduces demand, peak load management and distributed generation located at or near the customer load.