Statements

WIRES Statement on DOE’s Better Grid Initiative

"WIRES welcomes the Department of Energy’s Better Grid Initiative and its effort to help speed development of the long-distance transmission our nation critically needs to ensure grid resilience, integrate new cleaner energy generation, and harden the grid against...

WIRES Statement on Request for Rehearing of FERC MISO Base ROE Order

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2020 — WIRES Executive Director Larry Gasteiger today issued the following statement regarding the organization’s filing asking for reconsideration of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) order setting forth a new methodology for...

WIRES statement on FERC’s denial of rehearing on Order 1000

Washington, D.C., May 18, 2012 — Following is a statement from WIRES Counsel Jim Hoecker regarding the recent announcement that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has upheld its Order No. 1000 mandate to reform the nation’s electric transmission planning...

Utility Dive

“Transmission development need not, and should not, be an either/or choice between only regional or local transmission facilities. To the contrary, there is something akin to a symbiotic relationship between the two types of facilities. The more buildout there is of regional bulk system transmission projects, the more likely additional local transmission will be needed to support the local distribution of that electricity to customers. In this way, both types of facilities create value for customers and benefits for regions.”