WIRES, the transmission trade association dedicated to advancing investment in all aspects of the high-voltage grid, announced today its 2026 leadership team. David Burnham, Director, Transmission Policy, Eversource Energy, was elected as WIRES President for the coming year.
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WIRES Announces 2025 Officers and Board of Directors
WIRES, the transmission trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high-voltage grid, announced today its 2025 leadership team, with Amanda Rumsey, Manager, RTO and Federal Regulatory Policy, PPL Corporation, elected as WIRES President.
WIRES Announces 2024 Officers and Board of Directors
Jodi Moskowitz, Deputy General Counsel & RTO Strategy Officer at PSEG, Named WIRES President WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 -- WIRES, the transmission trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high-voltage grid, announced today its...
WIRES Announces 2023 Officers and Board of Directors
Amanda Conner, Vice President at American Electric Power, Named WIRES President WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2022 -- WIRES, the transmission trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high-voltage grid, announced today its 2023 leadership team,...
WIRES Announces 2022 Leadership Team
Will Sauer, Federal Regulatory Affairs Director, Duke Energy Named WIRES President WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2021 - WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high voltage grid, announced today its 2022...
Construction of $83 Billion of Planned Transmission Infrastructure Would Create 442,000 Quality Jobs; Drive $42 Billion in GDP and $39 Billion in Direct Local Spending
New analysis prepared by LEI for WIRES quantifies far reaching employment and GDP impacts of transmission infrastructure on U.S. economy WASHINGTON, May 18, 2020 - WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high voltage...
WIRES Announces 2021 Leadership Team
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2020 — WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high voltage grid, announced today its 2021 leadership team, with David Weaver, Vice President, Transmission Strategy at Exelon Corporation, elected as...
New ScottMadden Report Validates Need for Critical Transmission Infrastructure to Support Clean Energy Goals and Ensure Resilience
A region-by-region study of the transmission challenges and opportunities posed by renewable integration and the need for broader grid resilience WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2020 - WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high...
WIRES Announces 2020 Leadership Team
Elects New Members to Board of Directors WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2019 — WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high voltage grid, announced today its newly elected 2020 leadership team, with Tom Hestermann, Manager,...
Diverse Coalition Signs Statement of Principles on Modernizing the Electric Transmission Grid
Coalition, including WIRES, IBEW, SEIA, EEI and Others, Calls for Creative Leadership in Recognizing the Importance of Transmission Infrastructure WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2019 – WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in the high voltage grid,...
“FERC has ‘a fairly robust’ program for auditing utilities with formula rates. ‘The audits, I know from personal experience, are extensive,’ said Gasteiger, who served at FERC for almost two decades, including almost six years as a top official in the Office of Enforcement. ‘And they are effective, because they do a very thorough examination of how adherence to the rate protocols and the formulas is all working.
"Frankly, speed and getting infrastructure built faster is a big emphasis of the administration right now, so I know they are on the lookout for any type of regulatory obstacles that may lengthen the time it takes to get needed infrastructure built," Gasteiger said.
"In my mind, that requires at some point an examination of why and how Order 1000 competitive transmission processes are inhibiting the ability to get transmission built faster," he added.