S.Amdt. 1544

SA 1544. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1407 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2657, to
support innovation in advanced geothermal research and development, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part II of subtitle B of title II, add the
following:

SEC. 22__. FERC TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON WAYS TO INCREASE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERREGIONAL TRANSMISSION
PLANNING.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission shall convene a technical conference on ways to
increase the effectiveness of the interregional transmission
planning process.
(b) Requirements.--The technical conference under
subsection (a) shall--
(1) assess the effectiveness of existing transmission
planning processes at identifying interregional transmission
projects that provide economic, reliability, operational, and
public policy benefits; and
(2) consider--
(A) changes to the processes described in paragraph (1) to
ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial
interregional transmission solutions are selected for
construction, taking into consideration--
(i) the public interest;
(ii) the integrity of markets; and
(iii) the protection of consumers; and
(B) cost allocation methodologies that reflect the multiple
benefits provided by interregional transmission solutions.
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