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z Regional Transmission Expansion Project Governors and public utility commissioners within th e Western Interconnection share the goal of having an electricity ge neration and transmission system that is clean, secure, reliable and re asonably priced. Reaching that goal will require greater development and use of renewable energy resources and expansion of the existing transmission grid. The WGA, Western Interstate Energy Boar d and Western Electricity Coordinating Council are working together to analyz e transmission requirements under a broad range of alternative energy futures and to develop long-term, interconnection-wide transmission expansion plans. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Regional Transmission Expansion Project will help guide policy/decision makers in formulating effective policies and programs that wi ll help achieve the goal and inform th e private sector in deciding where to build new transmission. As part of that effort, WGA wi ll be examining how best to manage the impacts to wildlife and water supplies associated with large scale energy developm ent. Also of great importance are the potential impacts of demand-side management (energy efficiency and conserva tion) programs, plug-in electric vehicles on future electricity demand, and the poten tial expansion of nuclea r energy as a generating source. This effort will involve broad stakeholder participation. Landscape-scale Wildlife Conservation States are working across political boundaries to e nhance landscape-scale wild life conservation through the Western Governors' Wildlife Council . During WGA's Annual Meeting in June, the Governors committed their state agencies to comple ting wildlife decision-support syst ems within three years. The governors have been working to c onserve crucial wildlife habitat and corridors through their Wildlife Council, which has brought states toge ther for the first time to coordi nate their data and produce more accurate wildlife counts and maps. More information can be found under the Wildlife Corridors and Crucial Habitat Initiative. energy-rpt20 1

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