{"id":3760,"date":"2024-05-15T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/we-act-responds-to-fercs-finalized-rules-for-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and-cost-allocation-and-permits-to-site-interstate-electric-transmission-facilities\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:49:16","slug":"we-act-responds-to-fercs-finalized-rules-for-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and-cost-allocation-and-permits-to-site-interstate-electric-transmission-facilities","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/we-act-responds-to-fercs-finalized-rules-for-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and-cost-allocation-and-permits-to-site-interstate-electric-transmission-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"WE ACT Responds to FERC\u2019s Finalized Rules for Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation, and Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3760","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","person_tax-anastasia-gordon"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":false,"authors":[226],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <\/strong><br \/>\r\nMay 22, 2024<br \/>\r\nContact: <a target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jama.Joseph@weact.org<\/a>, (646) 951-1648<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington, D.C. \u2013 This week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finalized long-awaited regulatory reforms and actions that will enhance the electrical transmission system in the U.S. These rules, including &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ferc.gov\/news-events\/news\/fact-sheet-building-future-through-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; and &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/news-events\/news\/staff-presentation-applications-permits-site-interstate-electric-transmission\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, could enable the build out of new transmission lines and bring us closer to realizing a clean, renewable energy future, reduce energy costs for ratepayers, and improve grid reliability and resiliency. FERC also announced the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/news-events\/news\/phillips-names-sitaraman-director-opp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appointment of Nicole Sitaramin as permanent Director of the Office of Public Participation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In response to these developments,\u00a0 Anastasia Gordon, Federal Policy Director at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, had this to say:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe commend FERC for taking steps to improve regional transmission planning and cost allocation,\u00a0 including mandatory long-term planning and benefits assessments. These improvements have the potential to facilitate the inevitable transition to renewables and beneficial electrification; to make energy more affordable for ratepayers; and to ensure a reliable and resilient grid. This is especially important for a fifth of Americans, mostly people living in areas of low&#8211;income and communities of color, who are struggling to afford their energy bills, are disproportionately affected by fossil fuel pollution, and are navigating black outs caused by extreme weather events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover,\u00a0 we acknowledge the requirements for Tribal engagement plans\u00a0 and for transmission developers to account for impacts to Tribal and environmental justice communities in the finalized backstop transmission siting authority rule. FERC must ensure that these requirements translate into robust and meaningful engagement and transmission projects that advance reliability and clean energy deployment but do not compound existing burdens in frontline communities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, we also celebrate the appointment of Nicole Sitaraman as Director of the Office of Public Participation (OPP) at FERC. Her appointment means that the Commission\u00a0 is taking meaningful steps to fulfill its commitment to bolster capacity with environmental justice expertise as outlined in the Commission\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ferc.gov\/equity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 Equity Action Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Having served as Acting Director since March 2023, and with a robust history in energy policy and environmental justice, Sitaraman is exceptionally qualified to lead the OPP,\u00a0 continuing her great work of ensuring community voices are heard and integrated into FERC&#8217;s decision-making processes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE ACT remains committed to collaborating with FERC and other stakeholders to ensure that these rules are implemented effectively with equity and environmental justice embedded into regional transmission planning and siting, and that OPP lives up to its mission.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>WE ACT for Environmental Justice\u00a0is a Northern Manhattan membership-based organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Visit us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/\">weact.org<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weactforej\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weact4ej\">Twitter\/X<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weact4ej\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WE ACT Responds to FERC\u2019s Finalized Rules for Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation, and Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/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:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/we-act-responds-to-fercs-finalized-rules-for-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and-cost-allocation-and-permits-to-site-interstate-electric-transmission-facilities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WE ACT Responds to FERC\u2019s Finalized Rules for Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation, and Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities - 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