"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...
Statements
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...
Media Statement from WIRES Regarding Response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s 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 comments in response to two FERC NOIs: Policy to Determine Return on Equity (Docket...
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...
“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.”
Our increasingly electrified economy continues to drive the need for more transmission investment over the next couple of decades. Too little progress has been made in the past few years since this @wiresgroup report put a spotlight on the country’s transmission needs. https://t.co/At2Kh9DOg2
— Larry Gasteiger (@GasteigerLarry) December 6, 2022