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7 High-Level Needs and Specific Recommendations
7 High-Level Needs and Specific Recommendations
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is in terms of the party who should take an action -- Congress, the Department of Energy, state regulators, industry, and others. FIVE MAJOR NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM Throughout the preceding six chapters, the committee has made a large number of findings.
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5. Accelerate innovations in technology in the face of shifting global supply chains and the influx of disruptive technologies.
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Recommendation 5.7: As more capable and intercompatible simulation tools become available, system Directed to: planners and operators should use the results and insights that are gained to develop better grid architec System Planners and tures, plans, and operational procedures; they should also inform regulators and policy makers, such as the Operators, FERC, NERC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Regulators, and Policy (NERC)
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Congress should also authorize FERC to require greater transparency and reporting of conditions occurring on the natural gas delivery system to allow for better situational awareness as to the operational circumstances needed to help support electric system reliability. Recommendation 3.3: Regarding transmission siting, in light of the fundamental ways in which interstate commerce is enabled by the high-voltage, multistate transmission networks in the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the United States and in which transitions in the nation's electric system increase reliance on remote renewable resources, Congress and the states should support the evolution of planning for and siting of regional transmission facilities in the United States, while recognizing that some developments at the grid edge may partly mitigate the need for new transmission.
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, American Public Power Association (APPA) , National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
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to create a joint task force that includes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) , the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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Recommendation 3.8: The states, through the energy and utility regulation committees of their legislatures as well as through their regulatory agencies, should adopt and/or strengthen policies that support the ability of investor-owned utilities and other parties to innovate on business model issues, rate making, and rate Directed to: design. For publicly owned utilities, the national organizations (i.e., the National Rural Electric Cooperative State Legislatures, Association [NRECA]
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and to address equity issues in energy access and clean energy. Because Directed to: these issues are complicated and need to take into consideration various technical and legal requirements State Regulators and for operating a dynamic system on the local grid, the governing boards of publicly owned utilities and the Industry regulators in states that anticipate significant adoption of DER should place a high priority on exploring and stress-testing emerging approaches and making decisions that will inform market participants about the timing and character of changes in retail industry structure, prices, and market design.
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TABLE 7.2 Specific Committee Recommendations Sorted in Terms of the Entity to Which Each Is Directed State DOE Congress Entities Industry Recommendation 3.1: Congress should instruct the Department of Energy (DOE) to create a joint task force that includes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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Recommendation 3.3: Regarding transmission siting, in light of the fundamental ways in which interstate commerce is enabled by the high-voltage, multistate transmission networks in the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the United States and in which transitions in the nation's electric system increase reliance on remote renewable resources, Congress and the states should support the evolution of planning for and siting of regional transmission facilities in the United States, while recognizing that some developments at the grid edge may partly mitigate the need for new transmission. Congress should enact legislation to: • Establish that the United States has a National Transmission Policy to rely on the high-voltage transmission system to support energy diversity, energy security, and the nation's equitable transitions to lower carbon energy economy, • Direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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For decision makers at publicly owned utilities, the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
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Because these issues are complicated and need to take into consideration various technical and legal requirements X X for operating a dynamic system on the local grid, the governing boards of publicly owned utilities and the regulators in states that anticipate significant adoption of DER should place a high priority on exploring and stress-testing emerging approaches and making decisions that will inform market participants about the timing and character of changes in retail industry structure, prices, and market design. Recommendation 4.1: In light of the increasing dispersion in the sources of innovation in the sector, the Department of Energy (DOE)
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Recommendation 4.6: Greater deployment of advanced electrical technology is essential and will require expanded support for Department of Energy (DOE) -backed demonstration projects, including through loan programs and support for industrial consortia that deploy critical technologies.
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X X security, safety, accuracy, privacy, and speed in computation, so as to incentivize various asset owners to participate in a retail market structure that allows distributed energy resources (DER) to participate and be compensated for distributed generation, grid support services, and/or flexible load consumption.
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Recommendation 5.7: As more capable and intercompatible simulation tools become available, system planners and operators should use the results and insights that are gained to develop better grid architectures, plans, and operational procedures; they should also inform regulators and policy makers, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission X X (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) , the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC)
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to develop guidance for distribution-level resiliency requirements to be implemented at the state X X and local level, in coordination with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) , American Public Power Association (APPA)
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