Strengthening Energy Resilience Through Interregional Transmission Reform
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Featuring:
- [Moderator] Neil Chatterjee, Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Karen Onaran, President and CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
- Marc Marie, Regulatory Policy Fellow, Americans for Prosperity
- Devin Hartman, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, R Street Institute
Overview
Structural and regulatory problems in the electric industry result in virtually no transmission development between regions. This balkanized grid has exacerbated reliability risks and foregone the cost advantages of large transmission over smaller-scale projects. To fix this, interregional transmission development must reflect economic and reliability benefits, harness the 20-55 percent cost savings of competitive forces, pass streamlined permitting requirements, enable voluntary capital to flow and ensure ratepayers incur costs consistent with the benefits they receive.
Join us for a conversation on reforms that can enable interregional transmission development and cost-effectively bolster energy resilience.
Recommended Reading Materials:
- Jennifer Chen and Devin Hartman, “Transmission Reform Strategy from a Customer Perspective: Optimizing Net Benefits and Procedural Vehicles,” R Street Policy Study No. 257, May 2022. https://www.rstreet.org/2022/05/11/transmission-reform-strategy-from-a-customer-perspective-optimizing-net-benefits-and-procedural-vehicles.
- Electricity Consumers Resource Council, “Comments on Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection,” Docket. No. RM21-17-000, Aug. 17, 2022. https://elcon.org/wp-content/uploads/RM21-17-Transmission-NOPR-Comments-FINAL.pdf.
- Devin Hartman and Neil Chatterjee, “Congress Must Think Big on Competitive Energy Infrastructure,” RealClearEnergy, Dec. 13, 2022. https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/12/13/congress_must_think_big_on_competitive_energy_infrastructure_870023.html.
- Josiah Neeley and Marc Marie, “Right of First Refusal Laws Benefit Utilities, Not Consumers,” RealClearEnergy, Feb. 16, 2023. https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/right-of-first-refusal-laws-benefit-utilities-not-consumers.