Excerpt:

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments regarding the Department of Energy (DOE) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to amend its regulations governing coordination of Federal authorizations for electric transmission facilities pursuant to section 216(h) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The proposed Integrated Interagency Pre-application Process (IIP) is intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and predictability of the permitting process for transmission projects requiring interagency and intergovernmental coordination. FULL FILING