; and (13) there is increasing opportunity for public, Tribal, or rural cooperative development of transmission due to the recently established direct-pay incentives under section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, enacted by section 13801 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ) (136 Stat. 2003). 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) Independent System Operator The term Independent System Operator has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 ). (3) Interconnection customer The term interconnection customer means an individual or entity that has submitted to the owner or operator of a transmission facility or transmission system a request to interconnect a generation project or energy storage project that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. (4) Interregional transmission planning process The term interregional transmission planning process means a joint process by transmission providers in 2 or more adjacent transmission planning regions to evaluate electric energy transmission needs. (5) Load-serving entity The term load-serving entity has the meaning given the term in section 217(a) of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824q(a) ). (6) Regional Transmission Organization The term Regional Transmission Organization has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 ). (7) Transmission facility The term transmission facility means a facility that is used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. (8) Transmission planning region The term transmission planning region means a region for which electric energy transmission planning is appropriate, as determined by the Commission, such as a region established pursuant to the guidance contained in the final rule of the Commission entitled Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities (76 Fed.