The recent landmark ruling on transmission planning cost allocation, known as “Order 1000,” and issued by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in late July 2011, could well produce an unintended side effect — the formation of regional compacts among states to identify needs and plan for development of new power plant projects.

As federal policy makers push for GHG regulation and transparent markets, the California experience shows what works and what doesn’t work.

Exclusive interviews with CEOs at five regional independent transmission system operators: Phil Harris, at PJM; Gordon van Welie, at ISO New England; Yakout Monsour, at the California ISO; Graham Edwards, at MISO; and Mark Lynch, at the New York ISO.

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The California Independent System Operator board of governors hired Yakout Mansour, a 30-year veteran of western grid operations, to be its president and CEO.

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