WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NERC published the second in a series of three draft documents that will be merged into the final Interregional Transfer Capability Study (ITCS), which is being produced in response to the congressional directive in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. The study will be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by December 2, 2024, and will be followed by a FERC public comment period. A fourth document, a study of transfer capabilities from the United States to Canada and between Canadian provinces will be published in the first quarter of 2025.
The Transfer Capability Analysis (Part 1) provides current total transfer capability analysis between pairs of neighboring Transmission Planning Regions in North America. The analysis focuses on 2024 Summer and 2024/25 Winter conditions and will provide critical input to Part 2 of the ITCS, which will recommend technically prudent additions to transfer capability between neighboring areas.
As NERC's primary focus is reliability, the ITCS is focused on potential energy deficits under extreme conditions and technically prudent additions to transfer capability that strengthen reliability.
The ITCS is crucial to the future of reliability. All project information is available on the ITCS Project page.
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