The 1st Edition of Research Reports International's Trends In U.S. Electric Power Transmission report is a 105-page overview of the changes that are occurring in the industry to implement the goals of improved reliability and reduced congestion costs.

As the electric industry works to become a more efficient market, transmission stands as a key link between the competitive generation and the regulated distribution sectors. In this role as a key link, transmission is a major focus of government efforts to improve reliability and reduce congestion costs.  The scope of the Trends In U.S. Electric Power Transmission report is to analyze the dominant reliability, investment, siting, and competition/open access trends that are occurring in the domestic electric transmission industry.

• the impact of the 2003 Northeast blackout on reliability rules
• the move from voluntary to mandatory reliability standards
• the advent of real-time transmission system monitoring
• ISO/RTO efforts to improve system reliability
• the drivers of government intervention in transmission investment
• the move towards incentive-based rates for transmission investment
• legislative and regulatory efforts to spur transmission investment to support renewable energy resources
• the emergence of merchant transmission
• the need for federal backstop authority on regional transmission projects
• the designation of national interest electric transmission corridors
• FERC Orders on siting transmission
• the need for changes in open access and competition regulations
• FERC efforts to increase open access and competition
• legislative efforts to increase competition
• current competitive issues in the industry

The Trends In U.S. Electric Power Transmission report comes in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is available via electronic download, CD-ROM, or Hardcopy for $299.