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A conversation about transmission w/ Rob Gramlich and Kathleen Staks

A conversation about transmission w/ Rob Gramlich and Kathleen Staks

FromPublic Power Underground


A conversation about transmission w/ Rob Gramlich and Kathleen Staks

FromPublic Power Underground

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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Rob, Kathleen, Ahlmahz, and Paul discuss the transmission expansion: it's importance, it's barriers, and it's path forward.Rob Gramlich, Kathleen Staks, Ahlmahz Negash, PhD, and Paul Dockery discuss transmission policy, planning, and funding in light of the increased need for an interconnected grid due to electrification of end-uses, new generator interconnections, and increasing footprint of extreme weather events.07:34 - Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office release of a draft National Transmission Needs Study23:43 - The Quagmire of Transmission Investment and Cost Recovery
Rob’s 3 Ps of Transmission Policy Reform
Rob’s tweets about the importance of solving the cost allocation quagmire
A brilliant quote by Rob on the conundrum of transmission investment in a New York Times article

Ahlmahz’s articles (part 1 and part 2) on the Grid as a Public Good
48:26 - Why transmission and market expansion is important to commercial and industrial customers
Seattle utilities consider massive efforts that could help green our grid by Brendan Kiley in the Seattle Times59:48 - Interconnection queues and solutions for clearing them
Prof Jacob Mays hot take about Connect and Manage and how it relates to Resource Adequacy
Prof Jesse Jenkins solutioning on #energytwitter
1:09:50 - Ahlmahz’s insightful question of the week1:15:07 - Kathleen Stak’s Closing ThoughtsPublic Power Underground, for electric utility enthusiasts! Public Power Underground, it’s work to watch!You can find our merch on shopify. You can find the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Share with friends that are electric utility enthusiasts, like us!
Released:
Apr 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Public Power Underground is Northwest Public Power's premiere info-tainment weekly news series written, edited, and published by the Power Department. On our weekly shows, we cover northwest public-power and public-power-adjacent news. The series originated as a pandemic diversion when physical distancing policies caused the Power Department to transition to remote work and zoom department meetings. It evolved to a platform to talk to peers across the region on topics affecting consumer-owned electric utilities in the Northwest.