Energy Planning Network: Going Regional (June 2000)
In December 1999, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted Order No. 2000, its historic policy designed to further competition in the electric industry and bring lower prices to electric utility consumers through the voluntary development of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) by transmission owners.
FERC’s objective in creating Order No. 2000 was to have all transmission-owning entities in the United States, including non-public utility entities, place their transmission facilities under the control of appropriate RTOs in a timely manner.