Existing transmission planning

Western industry organizations with planning activities

Western Interconnection Biennial Transmission Plan, July 2000 (169 pages, PDF file)

Flows on western transmission paths

Existing coordinated regional transmission planning process (1 page; PDF file)

Transmission Projects

Summary of Needs and Projects by Area (Internet link to data from the existing coordinated regional transmission planning process)

Transmission Line Siting: One Agency’s (WAPA) Approach to Public Involvement (PDF, 18 pages)

Potential future transmission planning

Excerpt of proposed Western Electric Coordinating Council bylaws dealing with transmission planning

RTO West / TransConnect -- Excerpt of FERC’s April 26, 2001 “Order Granting, With Modification, RTO West Petition for Declaratory Order and Granting Transconnect Petition for Declaratory Order” (HTML)

Near-term transmission expansion

Electric transmission infrastructure -- excerpt of FERC’s March 14, 2001 “Order Removing Obstacles to Increased Electric Generation and Natural Gas Supply in the Western United States and Requesting Comments on Further Actions to Increase Energy Supply and Decrease Energy Consumption” (PDF, 4 pages)

Barton bill proposal regarding construction of Path 15 between northern and southern California

BPA Transmission Briefing, April 2001 (22 pages; Powerpoint)

WGA Resolution on “A Competitive and Reliable Electric Power System”