UTILITIES: Requests the adoption of enhanced regional transmission planning processes that use a multi-scenario, multi-value framework to ensure long-term national security, grid reliability, and resilience.

This resolution urges regional electricity grid planners (like MISO and SPP) to adopt new planning methods that consider long-term risks such as hurricanes, cyberattacks, and extreme weather. It specifically requests using 20-year planning horizons, evaluating projects based on national security, reliability, and cost fairness, and ensuring Louisiana ratepayers aren’t disproportionately burdened. The resolution directly affects grid operators and Louisiana’s electricity customers by shaping how transmission projects are assessed and funded. It does not create new law but requests specific planning approaches for grid resilience.