January 21, 2010 – Item E-4: FERC explores efficient integration of renewables into the grid News Release | Chairman's Statement | NOI   efile your comments by March 29, 2010

Much of the renewable energy potential in the United States is located in areas that are remote from the transmission grid. The Commission is acting to encourage increased grid investment, improve regional transmission planning, and remove regulatory barriers at the wholesale level to address development of renewable energy.

Commission & Staff Reports:

• » Assessing the State of Wind Energy in Wholesale Electric Markets - December 2004 (AD04-13)

Commission Orders:

• » Interconnection Queuing Practices - Docket No. AD08-2-000 March 20, 2008
• » CAISO, Declaratory Order regarding location-constrained resources - Docket No. EL07-33-000 April 19, 2007
• » Order No. 661-A, "Interconnection for Wind Energy" - Appendix G to Order No. 2003, December 12, 2005
  

Technical Conferences:

• » Interconnection Queuing Practices (December 11, 2007) Event Details

Links:

• » DSIRE: Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
• » EERE: DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• » LBNL: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - Renewable Energy Publications