PLANNING FACTORS
    Planning considerations
Expansion drivers
Customer needs
Planning criteria
System performance criteria
Capacity ben. margin criteria
Transmission reserve margin
Facility rating criteria
Model building criteria
Facility condition criteria
Planning zones
System alternatives
Load forecast criteria
Economic criteria
Environmental criteria
Variations on ATC criteria
Other considerations
Methodology & assumptions
Prioritization
NERC compliance
 
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We will consider alternatives to transmission solutions to problems on the transmission system as appropriate. Such alternatives could include, but are not limited to, central station generation, distributed generation, load management and conservation measures. We will use sound judgment in assessing whether non-transmission solutions are applicable on a case-by-case basis, keeping in mind that ATC is not a vertically integrated utility and does not own generation or serve as a load serving entity for retail load.

 
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