{"id":251321,"date":"2024-05-20T14:28:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/unpacking-the-new-1300-page-ferc-transmission-line-ruling\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:28:45","slug":"unpacking-the-new-1300-page-ferc-transmission-line-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/unpacking-the-new-1300-page-ferc-transmission-line-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking The New 1300-Page FERC Transmission Line Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, commonly known as FERC, issued a sweeping new rule last week that does something so daring, so bold, and so eminently logical that it\u2019s a wonder it didn\u2019t happen sooner.\u00a0 The new rule requires local utilities and regional grid operators to do the unthinkable \u2014 namely, look beyond their own parochial interests to plan how the nation\u2019s electrical grid should be structured in the future. The goal is to ensure there will be plenty of electrical energy available for those who want it when they need it.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a 2-minute video by FERC Chairman Willie Phillips that gives a synopsis of what is in the 1300-page ruling and why the commission did what it did:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FERC Order No. 1920 - Securing a Reliable Energy Future\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eOAUFFbFAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a public information release,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/05\/20\/unpacking-the-new-1300-page-ferc-transmission-line-ruling\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. 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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, commonly known as FERC, issued a sweeping new rule last week that does something so daring, so bold, and so eminently logical that it\u2019s a wonder it didn\u2019t happen sooner.\u00a0 The new rule requires [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":251322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unpacking The New 1300-Page FERC Transmission Line Ruling - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/05\/20\/unpacking-the-new-1300-page-ferc-transmission-line-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unpacking The New 1300-Page FERC Transmission Line Ruling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. 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