Require transmission planning to account for outages caused by extreme weather events.

Account for transmission outages due to extreme weather events;

The bill would require transmission planning regions to account for extreme-weather-related transmission outages.

Casten Introduces Bill to Expand Benefits of Local Transmission Lines | U.S. Congressman Sean Casten
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“(D) planned retirement of generation facilities; “(E) generator and load interconnection requests; “(F) Federal, State, and local policy goals and policy goals of federally recognized Indian Tribes; and “(G) the risk of extreme weather events.

The bill would require long-term transmission planning scenarios to include the risk of extreme weather events.

H. R. 10539 (Introduced-in-House)
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