DOE Issues Draft Triennial National Electric Transmission Congestion Study

Aug 21, 2014

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Comments on the draft Congestion Study are due by Monday, October 20, 2014. After DOE reviews and considers the public comments, it will prepare and release a final version of the Congestion Study as required by Section 216 of the FPA.


1 See Cal. Wilderness Coalition v. DOE, 631 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2011) (vacating DOE’s 2006 Congestion Study after finding that the agency did not adequately consult with states in the preparation of the study).

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