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National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC)
Metaverse and the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
On December 19, 2023, the Grid Deployment Office released final guidance for the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) designation process and opened the first window for public submission of information and recommendations on NIETC designation.
Designation of NIETCs can assist in focusing commercial facilitation, signal opportunities for beneficial development to transmission planning entities, and unlock siting and permitting tools for transmission projects in identified areas.
The National Transmission Needs Study identified areas that were a priority and the NIETC guidance identifies attributes that would qualify a project for NIETC certification.
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Section 216(a)(4) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
Section 216(a)(4) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) allows the Secretary of Energy to consider several additional factors in determining whether to designate a NIETC. DOE refers to these factors as the “discretionary factors” because the statute permits but does not require DOE to consider them in determining whether to designate a NIETC. Specifically, DOE may consider whether:
- The economic vitality and development of the corridor, or the end markets served by the corridor, may be constrained by lack of adequate or reasonably priced electricity;
- Economic growth in the corridor, or the end markets served by the corridor, may be jeopardized by reliance on limited sources of energy; and a diversification of supply is warranted;
- The energy independence or energy security of the United States would be served by the designation;
- The designation would be in the interest of national energy policy;
- The designation would enhance national defense and homeland security;
- The designation would enhance the ability of facilities that generate or transmit firm or intermittent energy to connect to the electric grid;
- The designation:
- Maximizes existing rights-of-way; and
- Avoids and minimizes, to the maximum extent practicable, and offsets to the extent appropriate and practicable, sensitive environmental areas and cultural heritage sites; and
- The designation would result in a reduction in the cost to purchase electric energy for consumers.
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