Conclusions of Law

1. Section 399.14(a)(2)(B) would allow transmission costs to be considered net of established benefits in the ranking process.

2. The Commission's determination in D.03-07-033 that evaluation of network benefits for purposes of § 399.25 should be undertaken during a certificate proceeding in no way limits our ability to consider network benefits in other forums for other purpose, including the RPS procurement process.

3. The responsibility to assess the adequacy of the Transmission Ranking Cost Reports should be delegated to the Assigned Commissioner in I.00-11-001.

4. The Methodology for Development and Consideration of Transmission Costs in Initial Renewable Portfolio Standard Procurement appended as Attachment A should be adopted, with the further guidance provided in this order.

5. In order to proceed expeditiously with the initial RPS procurement, this decision should be effective today.