Blueprint for National Progress
Pete Brandien is VP Operations and Market Administration at ISO-NE. JT Smith is Executive Director of Market Operations at MISO. Lanny Nickell is COO at SPP. Craig Glazer is VP Federal Government Policy at PJM.
Regional transmission organizations ISO-NE, MISO, PJM, and SPP (Joint RTOs) recently issued a position paper, Strategies for Enhanced Gas-Electric Coordination: A Blueprint for National Progress. It aims to identify issues for state and federal policymakers, which if appropriately resolved, can enhance the reliability of gas-electric coordination.
This paper also suggests potential initiatives to help achieve the goal of enhancing reliability and efficiency of commodity supply and delivery for each industry. Initiatives can be flexibly adopted by regions to address unique needs.
Gas-electric coordination is an issue gaining momentum as evidenced by NARUC's recent Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability or GEAR, a fifteen-month initiative to better harmonize the gas and electric industries to improve reliability. Joint RTOs continue to rely on thermal generation fueled by natural gas, enhancing the need for coordination.
To find out more on this important issue, Public Utilities Fortnightly brought together experts from the Joint RTOs. Listen in on the discussion with ISO-NE VP of Operations and Market Administration Pete Brandien, MISO Executive Director of Market Operations JT Smith, SPP COO Lanny Nickell, and PJM VP of Federal Government Policy Craig Glazer.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: This report has a long list of recommendations on gas-electric coordination. What are the most important takeaways?