Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
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CEERT Reports
TRANSMISSION IN 2024
CEERT’s Review of the Challenges Ahead
GridLAB & CEERT
May 2024
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) continues to prioritize its engagement in California’s transmission planning, interconnection, and permitting processes. Last year we released three reports focused on the need for substantial expansion of the high voltage transmission system and on the need for major reforms to transmission permitting at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). This report focuses on more recent California Independent System Operator (CAISO) planning activities, including the issuance of a draft 2023-2024 Transmission Plan, the finalization of the interconnection process enhancement initiative, and the preparation for studies in the upcoming 2024-2025 Transmission Plan.
This report also evaluates ongoing efforts of the Legislature and the CPUC to address transmission permitting reform following up on last year’s activities.1 The backlog of policy driven and reliability-driven transmission projects that need to commence construction is continuing to grow with the expected addition of 26 new projects in the 2023-2024 Transmission Plan, which will bring the total number of transmission projects that have been approved over the past three transmission plans to 94. Delays in transmission development will jeopardize California’s necessary transition to a zero-carbon economy. In particular, permitting reform is urgently needed in order to expand and modernize California’s electric system and strengthen linkages to the rest of the Western grid.
August 28, 2019 CEERT Quarterly Staff Report May - August 2019 - (pdf)
August 15, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - August 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
July 18, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - July 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
June 25, 2019 CEERT Quarterly Staff Report January - April 2019 - (pdf)
June 19, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - June 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
May 20, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - May 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
April 22, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - April 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
February 19, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - February 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
February 7, 2019 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - January 2019 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
December 19, 2018 Global Warming Data, Trend and Forecast - December 2018 | Dr. Rich Ferguson, CEERT - (pdf)
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