,,ii  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #caji  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,decemb] #ai1 #bjai,mr4
 ,he9ri* introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 
read twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on  
,en]gy & ,natural ,res\rces  ,a ,,bill  
,to require ! ,f$]al ,en]gy ,regulatory 
,commission to initiate a rulemak+ to   
re=m ! int]regional transmission plann+ 
process1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort   
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !         
,int]regional ,transmission ,plann+     
,improvem5t ,act ( #bjai4  #b4 ,rulemak+
 to increase ! effectiv5ess (           
int]regional transmission plann+  7a7 ,9
 g5]al ,n lat] ?an #f mon?s aft] ! date 
( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,f$]al ,en]gy  
,regulatory ,commission %all initiate a 
rulemak+ to consid]--  7#a7 !           
effectiv5ess ( exi/+ plann+ processes = 
id5tify+ transmission projects across   
regions t provide economic1 reliability1
 op]ational1 & public policy b5efits1   
tak+ into consid]ation ! public int]e/1 
! integrity ( m>kets1 & ! protection (  

consum]s2  7#b7 *anges to ! processes   
describ$ 9 p>agraph 7#a7 to ensure t    
effici5t1 co/-effective1 & broadly      
b5eficial transmission solutions are    
select$ = con/ruction1 tak+ into        
consid]ation--  7,a7 ! public int]e/2   
7,b7 ! integrity ( m>kets2  7,c7 !      
protection ( consum]s2  7,d7 ! broad    
range ( b5efits t int]regional          
transmission provides2  7,e7 ! ne$ =    
s+le projects to secure approvals bas$  
on a compreh5sive assessm5t ( ! multiple
 b5efits provid$2  7,f7 t projects t    
meet int]regional b5efit crit]ia %\ld n 
be subject to subsequ5t reassessm5t by  
regional entities2  7,g7 ! importance ( 
syn*ronization ( plann+ processes 9     
neighbor+ regions1 su* z us+ a jo9t     
model on a consi/5t timel9e ) a s+le set
 ( ne$s1 input assumptions1 & b5efit    
metrics2  7,h7 t evaluation ( long-t]m  
sc5>ios %\ld align ) ! expect$ life ( a 
transmission asset2  7,i7 t transmission
 plann+ au?orities %\ld all[ = !        
id5tification & jo9t evaluation (       

alt]natives propos$ by /akehold]s2  7,j7
 t int]regional plann+ %\ld be done     
regul>ly & n less frequ5tly ?an once e  
#c ye>s2 &  7,k7 ! elim9ation ( arbitr>y
 project voltage1 size1 or co/          
requirem5ts = int]regional solutions2 & 
7#c7 co/ allocation me?odologies t      
reflect ! multiple b5efits provid$ by   
int]regional solutions4  7b7 ,tim+ ,n   
lat] ?an #ah mon?s aft] ! date (        
enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,f$]al ,en]gy    
,regulatory ,commission %all promulgate 
a f9al rule to complete ! rulemak+      
initiat$ "u subsection 7a74