The Clean Energy Vision Project charts a sustained, orderly transition from coal and gas to more jobs, better health and true energy security. These four documents outline what policies and investments are needed as well as the how a modernized grid will operate.
Several groups including the Western Grid Group joined the FERC Project in requesting a rehearing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 764. The document that was filed is linked here.
California’s RETI collaborative set a high standard for aligning electricity generation and transmission with environmental values. This peer-reviewed article, in the July 2102 issue of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, provides an overview of the rationale for both stakeholder involvement in transmission planning and for zone development of renewables.
The Arizona Capitol Times published Amanda Ormand’s opinion piece: Renewing Arizona: Transition from Coal to Clean. Published February 26, 2012 (posted on the Times’ site on February 27, 2012). Ormond is a Western Grid Group Director and a board member of the Southwest Renewable Energy Institute.
Dear Senator Wyden,
We write to urge you to reconsider your proposal to amend the Federal Power Act through the Electric Transmission Customer Protection Act. Our experience as public utility commissioners tells us this proposal will undermine and delay delivery of low cost, more secure and sustainable power to consumers.
WGG Comments on FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation September 25, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Docket No. RM10-23-000 Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities COMMENTS OF WESTERN GRID GROUP Western Grid Group (“WGG”) hereby respectfully submits the…
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Integration of Variable Energy Resources ) Docket No. RM10-11-000 WESTERN GRID GROUP COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMENTS OF THE AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION Western Grid Group (“WGG”) files these comments in the above- referenced proceeding.1 WGG works in the Western Interconnection to expand transmission…
Wind and Transmission CorridorsDave Olsen
Western Grid Group.
Presented to the Western Central Chapter of the American Planning Association. August 13, 2010
David Olsen, Western Grid Group; February, 2010 Development of a set of national standards to guide transmission planning may be the single most effective next step policy-makers and stakeholders could take to support emergence of a workable and progressive transmission policy. Transmission is now planned using a variety of approaches and assumptions, for relatively near-term…
Public Interest Standards for Electric System Planning: Earning Consent for New Transmission (Draft Paper, August 2010)
Transmission planning better able to support timely development of a smart, reliable, secure electric grid that facilitates a clean energy economy, enhances national security and prosperity, and aligns electricity supply with environmental sustainability.
