; (B) trends in technology and fuel costs; (C) the retirement of generation facilities, energy storage projects, and transmission facilities; (D) generator interconnection requests and withdrawals; and (E) extreme weather events; (2) the public interest; (3) the integrity of electricity markets; (4) the protection of consumers; (5) the need to optimize transmission benefits; (6) the need for an individual interregional transmission project to secure approvals based on a comprehensive assessment of the multiple benefits provided; (7) the importance of synchronization of planning processes in neighboring regions, such as using a joint model on a consistent timeline with a single set of needs, input assumptions, and benefit metrics; (8) the need for an individual interregional transmission project that is identified under a Transmission Organization’s plan filed under this section not to be subject to any subsequent planning process by another Transmission Organization; (9) that evaluation of long-term scenarios should align with the expected life of an element of a transmission system; (10) that a Transmission Organization should allow for the identification and joint evaluation of alternatives proposed by stakeholders; (11) the need to eliminate arbitrary project voltage, size, or cost requirements for transmission projects; (12) the applicability of grid enhancing assets