A coalition of solar and wind generators applied to federal regulators to change the method of queuing up renewable resources for transmission projects. The petitioners claim the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s current method assigns costs for transmission upgrades that may not be needed, which, in turn, causes projects to pull back on their position in the queue and wait until the economics are figured out or the costs are reassigned to another project. “The primary reason California is not meeting its renewables portfolio standard goals is the . . . broken transmission process,” stated Nancy Rader, CalWEA executive director. CalWEA, along with Ausra, Abengoa Solar, and BrightSource Energy, filed their proposal to fix what they consider federal obstacles January 10. “I think [the commission] sees there’s an issue here,” said FERC spokesperson Barbara Conners. She said that filings, such as those from California, are supposed to help inform federal regulators as to what action to take. However, FERC has not committed to taking action.