SHB 1192 — Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

What this bill does

Requires electric utility Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) to include a 20-year, rather than 10-year, forecast of the availability and requirements for regional generation and transmission capacity, and adds to IRP transmission assessment requirements. Requires electric utilities to consider conditional firm transmission services when selecting and acquiring renewable resources. Requires electric utilities to seek support from federal, interstate, and industry entities to plan and develop transmission capacity, and encourages utilities to engage in statewide, multiutility, and interstate transmission planning processes. Directs the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) to oversee the siting of transmission facilities that are at least 500,000 volts, and are located in more than one county and one electric utility service territory. Directs EFSEC to coordinate state agency environmental review for federally-proposed or sited transmission projects.

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