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Figure 5-11. Locations of Proposed New Nuclear Generation Capacity in the Southeastern United States Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, 2006. 58 U.S. Department of Energy / National Electric Transmission Congestion Study / 2006
6. Request for Comments on Designation of National Corridors and on This Study 6.1. Request for Comments Concerning Designation of National Corridors The Department is considering designation of National Corridors to facilitate relief of transmission congestion. The Department is focusing its attention on, and preliminarily believes it may be most appropriate to consider designation of one or more National Corridors to help relieve transmission capacity constraints or congestion in, two Critical Congestion Areas—the Mid-Atlantic coastal area from metropolitan New York southward to northern Virginia, and Southern California. 65 However, the Department also will consider designating National Corridors to relieve constraints or congestion in the Congestion Areas of Concern and Conditional Congestion Areas identified in Chapter 5 of this study. Interested parties are invited to offer comments on alternatives and recommendations. After evaluating the comments received, the Department will issue a report in which it may designate National Corridors, seek additional information, or take other action. In determining whether and where to designate National Corridors, the Department will not be exercising transmission planning functions. In order to make sound decisions, however, DOE will need many kinds of information, including transmission planning information pertinent to affected geographic areas. Accordingly, the Department seeks responses to the questions set forth below from the public, affected state energy planning agencies, public utility commissions, regional transmission organizations (RTOs), independent system operators (ISOs), regional reliability councils, utilities, environmental organizations, citizen groups, business organizations, and any other interested parties. In evaluating where to set the geographic boundaries for a National Corridor, DOE will seek to balance the relevant interests. Among other things, a National Corridor must be tailored to the transmission constraints or congestion giving rise to the designation while also being large enough so as not to unduly restrict the choice of solutions, or unduly constrain potential siting and permitting activities by FERC under section 216(b). While comments are invited on any and all aspects of the study and the potential designation of National Corridors, DOE particularly requests that commenters respond to the following three basic questions: 1. Would designation of one or more National Corridors in these areas be appropriate and in the public interest In answering this question, commenters should address the following: A. Does a major transmission congestion problem exist Commenters should provide additional details and analysis concerning congestion in the particular Critical Congestion Areas, Congestion Areas of Concern, or Conditional Congestion Areas identified in Chapter 5. Describe the population and economy affected by the congestion problem today and explain the future impacts of the congestion and transmission constraints (e.g., with year-specific and scenario projections) if the constraints are not remedied in a timely fashion. Describe the current and projected reliability and economic impacts of the transmission constraints. 65 The Department notes that Critical Congestion Areas may not be the only areas for which it will be appropriate to designate National Corridors. The Department is focusing on the Critical Congestion Areas at this time because it regards actions to address their needs as especially urgent, given the long lead-times typically associated with transmission projects and the social and economic adversities associated with inadequate transmission capacity. U.S. Department of Energy / National Electric Transmission Congestion Study / 2006 59
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