OE is laying the framework for a modern electricity system by contributing to the development and implementation of electricity policy at the Federal and State level. 

• Transmission Planning
  • National Electric Transmission Congestion Study
  • Coordination of Federal Transmission Permitting on Federal Lands, Section 216(h) Federal Power Act
  • Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects
  • Energy Corridors on Federal Lands
  • Transmission Projects Proposed Under EPAct Section 1222

• International Electricity Regulation
  • Presidential Permits
  • Export Authorizations
  • Pending Applications

• Other Regulatory Efforts
  • NEPA
  • Power Plant Industrial Fuel Use Act
  • Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)
  • DOE's Use of Federal Power Act Emergency Authority
• Electricity Policy Technical Assistance
  • Get Assistance
  • Ratepayer Funded Energy Efficiency
  • Demand Response - Policy