Concentric Energy Advisors conducted candid interviews with twenty key market participants and stakeholders in SPP, MISO, and PJM electric markets on current transmission planning and cost allocation processes. The report outlines transmission planning processes in these three regions and presents insights from market participants based on their recent experiences. The key findings include: (1) centrally coordinated transmission planning is needed; (2) effective interregional planning requires aligned models and methodologies across regions; (3) future planning scenarios need to better reflect expected renewable energy demand and growth; (4) transmission benefit metrics should be standardized and expanded; (5) identifying the best resource zones would help optimize planning and benefit consumers; (6) planning models should better reflect the likely dispatch of generation; and (7) fair cost allocation for new transmission among beneficiaries requires greater scrutiny or wholesale reform. How Transmission Planning & Cost Allocation Processes Are Inhibiting Wind & Solar Development in SPP, MISO, & PJM Share this TweetShare on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn Share on FacebookShare on Facebook Related PostsThe Value of Transmission During Winter Storm ElliottFebruary 8, 2023The Benefit and Urgency of Planned Offshore Transmission: Reducing the Costs of and Barriers to Achieving U.S. Clean Energy GoalsJanuary 24, 2023Opportunities to Diversify the U.S. Renewable Energy Manufacturing Supply ChainDecember 15, 2022Enabling Low-Cost Clean Energy and Reliable Service Through Better Transmission Benefits Analysis: A Case Study of MISO’s Long Range Transmission PlanningAugust 9, 2022Advanced Conductors on Existing Transmission Corridors to Accelerate Low Cost DecarbonizationMarch 15, 2022Potential Customer Benefits of Interregional TransmissionNovember 29, 2021
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