Integrated Resource Plan – A method for looking ahead using environmental, engineering, social, financial and economic considerations; includes using the same criteria to evaluate both supply and demand options while involving customers and other stakeholders in the process.

The America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide assistance for the development of interconnection-based transmission plans for the Eastern and Western Interconnections, and for ERCOT. The Western Electricity Coordination Council  (WECC) received notification from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on December 18, 2009 that it has been…

Regional Transmission Expansion Planning (RTEP) is an activity that the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is coordinating. With direction and funding from the Department of Energy (DOE), WECC developed the Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee (TEPPC) to manage these activities. The goal is to broaden stakeholder involvement in transmission planning. These activities will evaluate long-term regional…