Invite: July 28th - Transmission Policy Reform and the Future Renewable Energy

Please join us this Thursday, July 28th, for our Panel Discussion, Transmission Policy Reform:  What does this mean for Renewables?  A quality group of experts will to shed light on how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No 1000 will open doors for growth renewable industry.  This lunchtime panel will begin at 12noon at our NDN event space, 729 15th Street NW.  The panelists:

Bill White, of the Energy Future Coalition, is a well respected leader in the clean energy community.  Bill will outline the main provisions of the FERC ruling. 

Joe Kelliher was the Chairman  of FERC from 2005-2009 and currently the Vice President of the Florida based NextEra Energy.  Joe will give the perspective of NextEra Energy, a major wind developer.  His presentation will cover how the FERC ruling on regional cost sharing changes the picture for wind developers by ensuring a more balanced and fair cost allocation for the building of transmission lines which will enable more wind development nationwide.

Nina Plaushin is the Vice President of Federal and Legislative Affairs at  ITC Holdings, and will present  the perspective of transmission developer.  Her presentation will look at how the ruling creates a new framework where interstate, regional, and interregional transmission projects may be fully considered and then linked to cost allocation authority.  This new framework will allow large scale transmission proposals to receive a fair evaluation that accounts for all of the benefits they generate for an entire region.

Tom Vinson, Director of Regulatory Affairs at American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), represents the perspective of the renewable energy industry.  Wind’s growth has been phenomenal, in fact, the largest source of new energy generation installed. This FERC ruling will result in more reasonable costs for building new transmission lines enabling wind and other renewable resources to take a far larger share of the energy market.

Michael Moynihan, the Director of our Clean Energy Initiative, will address what this new ruling will mean for the broader public.  Building new transmission lines may not mean anything to the public in general but it might mean a great deal if they knew the positive implications of new transmission lines for cleaner energy

Make sure to RSVP today. We hope to see you there, and if you can’t make it be sure to check out our live webcast.