For example, FERC can bolster distribution - level efforts
by implementing policies that require
grid operators to
plan transmission among
grid regions, allowing them to share power more easily and strengthening
grid resilience.
-- Not later than 3 months after the date of adoption
by the Commission of national electricity
grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), entities that conduct or may conduct transmission
planning pursuant to State, tribal, or Federal law or regulation, including States, Indian tribes, entities designated
by States and Indian tribes, Federal Power Marketing Administrations, transmission providers,
operators and owners, regional organizations, and electric utilities, and that are willing to incorporate the national electricity
grid planning principles adopted
by the Commission in their electric
grid planning, shall identify themselves and the regions for which they propose to develop
plans to the Commission.