Access documents and resources related to the Order No. 1920: Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Key Project.
On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its landmark rule, . This rule adopts specific requirements addressing how transmission providers must conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to pay for them to ensure the identification of more efficient or cost-effective regional transmission solutions. Many elements of Order No. 1920 align with New England’s innovative Longer-Term Transmission Planning (LTTP) framework accepted by FERC in July 2024, which also addresses future regional transmission planning to help meet clean energy goals, but with some differences.
Due to challenges to Order No. 1920 on rehearing and on appeal from other parties and the possibility for meaningful updates to the rule on rehearing or appeal, the ISO is deferring its stakeholder discussions on compliance at this time. In the interim, ISO will be focusing efforts on the implementation of the LTTP rules. The ISO is committed to a thoughtful and deliberate stakeholder process for its Order No. 1920 compliance and may consider requesting an extension to the deadline to comply.
The Order No. 1920 project is just one of several key projects at the ISO, which continuously undertakes a variety of short- and long-term projects to enhance the region’s competitive wholesale electricity markets and ensure reliable operation of the power grid.