Optimal Transmission Planning
Financial Research Institute
U of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute held a two-part webinar on Optimal Transmission Planning and Development for 2022 and Beyond.
Law & Lawyers
Florida PSC: Commissioner Gabriella Passidomo
State Commissions
“We have always been leaders in the utilities space when it comes to a focus on resilience. That comes from our experiences with severe weather events.”
RTO Footprints
Optimal Transmission Planning
“DOE is looking at a larger objective, which is how we can more effectively serve the entire Eastern Interconnection. That is a different starting place for planning, and likely will produce different transmission planning projects. EIPC is a good clearinghouse for that.”
Exelon COO Looks Forward Post-Separation
Exelon
Conversation with Exelon COO Calvin Butler about his company’s focus following the separation with Constellation Energy.
Emerging Policy Issues
Optimal Transmission Planning
“Transmission projects and especially groups of projects yield multiple value streams, but there is a tendency to group in traditional buckets of economic benefits, reliability benefits, and policy-driven benefits. What does it take to build our grid of the future?”
From Net Zero to Hero
NorthWestern Energy
“There is a role for natural gas. We are comfortable in our net-zero plan saying we won’t require new gas generation after 2035. We expect gas generation will be used less and less, primarily for peak. But we have severe, extended peaks in our region.”
Ridding Grid of Risk with DCAT
DOE
“The DCAT tool gives a better way of looking at extreme events, so designers and system operators can plan systems that’ll be more robust against a tougher set of threats.”
Five Smartest Blocks in the World
Avista
“Avista’s team of engineers, McKinstry, and our smart people got together and designed these buildings from the ground up with innovative systems. Instead of operating in silos, the buildings were designed to interact. They basically talk to each other and the energy grid.”
Portrait of a Leader: Mike Howard
EPRI
Mike Howard’s uniquely impactful 42-year career strikes him as ‘extremely satisfying, humbling, and rewarding.’
Austin Energy and LIPA Leaders Take the Reins at LPPC
Large Public Power Council
“We want to prioritize policies regarding tax and finance, infrastructure, resiliency, environment, changing customer expectations, reliability, and support for customers and workers.”