Survey responses	Centralized or decentralized at state or local government level	What is the lead agency in your state?	Are agencies limited to considering only in-state needs or can they consider grid needs	Who exercises eminent domain authority?	Are there deadlines for reviews and decisions
Arizona	X	State centralized	Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee	can consider grid needs	State law provides to utilty	yes
California	1 *CEC only	State centralized	California PUC, Municipal Utilities, Western Area Power Admin., Local agencies, California Energy Comm.	can consider grid needs	State law provides to utilities w/CPCN	yes
Colorado		Decentralized	No Primary Siting Authority	?	?	?
Idaho	X	Decentralized; county & city zoning reg’s apply	No Primary Siting Authority	can consider grid needs	State law provides to local county govt or public util.	no
Montana	X	State centralized	Department of Environmental Quality	can consider grid needs	State law provides to utility	yes; MFSA
Nevada	X	Decentralized	Public Utilities Commission	no	Public utilities commission	no
New Mexico		Decentralized	Public Regulation Commission	can consider grid needs	State law provides to utilities	yes
Oregon	X	State centralized	Office of Energy:  Energy Facility Siting Council	can consider grid needs	OR-PUC on project-by-project basis	yes
Utah	X	Decentralized; Permission required from local, state, & federal agencies	No Primary Siting Authority	can consider grid needs	By statute to entity providing the use.	yes
Washington	X	Decentralized; county, city, and state siting board	Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council -- Joint Legislative Task Force on Washington State Energy Facility Siting	no for state approved transmission of large power plants	State law provides to utility	yes
Wyoming	X	Decentralized	No Primary Siting Authority	no	District court	yes