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“Clearing Obstacles to a National Transmission Superhighway and Smart Grid.”
Council on Competitiveness Recommendations to Build a National Transmission Superhighway
Published September 2009
The Council Recommends that:
• Congress set national criteria for transmission siting by creating independent regional planning authorities overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• FERC require regional planning authorities to allocate costs to construct and upgrade transmission regionally, spreading costs across all jurisdictions served by the new lines.