WIRES has submitted a response to a letter recently addressed to FERC that claimed that transmission infrastructure costs were the primary driver of rising electric bills and urged expanding solicitations as a solution. The IECA letter's central framing is misleading...
Statements
WIRES Statement on Local Transmission Planning FERC Complaint
The recent complaint challenging local transmission planning will only make it more difficult, more costly, and take longer to get transmission built throughout the United States,” said Larry Gasteiger, Executive Director of WIRES. “This is the needed transmission...
WIRES Statement on S. 4753, The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024
WIRES submits the following statement regarding S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.
WIRES Statement on FERC’s Regional Transmission and Cost Allocation Rule
Larry Gasteiger, WIRES Executive Director, shared the following statement: “WIRES shares FERC’s objective of ensuring that rules are in place to facilitate investment in transmission infrastructure required to meet the nation’s well-documented needs. Building the grid...
Media Statement on Grid Strategies Report “Fostering Collaboration Would Help Build Needed Transmission”
Statements from Grid Strategies and WIRES on the new Grid Strategies report, “Fostering Collaboration Would Help Build Needed Transmission” by Rob Gramlich, Richard Doying, and Zach Zimmerman. Larry Gasteiger, Executive Director, WIRES“In its important new analysis of...
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...
Statement Regarding Filing of Comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s “Incentives NOPR”
WIRES, an international non-profit trade association that promotes investment in the North American high voltage electric transmission grid, submitted comments today in response to FERC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under...
Statement Regarding Joint Filing with EEI Seeking Expedited Action on FERC’s Policy for Determining Return on Equity.
WIRES, an international non-profit trade association that promotes investment in the high voltage electric transmission grid to sustain the North American electric economy, submitted along with the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) a Joint Motion for Expedited Action on...
Media Statement from WIRES Regarding Filing of Supplemental Comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Return on Equity Policy Notice of Inquiry
WIRES, an international non-profit trade association that promotes investment in the high voltage electric transmission grid to sustain the North American electric economy, submitted supplemental comments today in response to FERC’s NOI: Policy to Determine Return on...
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...
“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.”
"We’ve got a situation where the transmission infrastructure that we’re using right now is just getting old. A lot of that infrastructure was built back in the 1950s and 1960s. If it was a person, it would be eligible for Medicare or Social Security right now. …
At the same time, we are seeing an increasing number of extreme weather events impacting the grid. That is putting more stress on our infrastructure as well. Hundred-year events seem to be happening on a 10-year time frame now more frequently with hurricanes or wildfires or unusual cold snaps." – Larry Gasteiger