; (B) improved grid reliability and resilience; and (C) greenhouse gas reductions; (2) compare the potential benefits identified under paragraph (1) to the circumstances of consumers whose generation is not procured through a competitive process; and (3) compare the potential benefits and effects identified under subsection (a)(2) to the circumstances of consumers whose generation and transmission is not financed and developed, directly or indirectly, by a public entity. (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 8. State subsidies Part II of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824 et seq. ) (as amended by section 6) is amended by adding at the end the following: 225. State subsidies In order to promote competition in wholesale markets, reliability, and affordability, the Commission shall not use offer-price mitigation methods to counteract the effects of State subsidies for renewable energy resources. . 9. Office of Transmission Part III of the Federal Power Act is amended by inserting after section 317 ( 16 U.S.C. 825p ) the following: 318. Office of Transmission (a) Establishment There shall be established in the Commission an office, to be known as the Office of Transmission (referred to in this section as the Office ). (b) Director The Office shall be administered by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Commission. (c) Duties The Director of the Office shall— (1) review transmission plans submitted by public utilities in accordance with the regional and interregional transmission planning processes, including the processes established pursuant to section 206; (2) coordinate transmission-related matters of the Commission, as the Commission determines to be appropriate; (3) carry out the responsibilities of the Commission under section 216, in coordination with the Office of Energy Projects of the Commission