Renewable Energy
Michael Skelly is the former CEO of Clean Line Energy.
Rob Gramlich is the president of Grid Strategies.
Barbara Tyran is Director of the Macro Grid Initiative at the American Council on Renewable Energy.
How to get new, reliable, and strategically-positioned electric transmission appears to be the issue of the day, with FERC considering new interconnection rules, formation of the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission, and everyone in the energy and utilities industry seeking answers as to how to get more built. The only agreement is it isn't easy.
It pays to look at shovel-ready electric transmission projects, which is what our experts here did, as examining what works can portend the success of future ventures. They issued a report last year on twenty-two much-needed projects, many designed to access wind and solar resources.
PUF discusses here that report and the hopes for overcoming the travails involved in building new transmission with two authors, Michael Skelly and Rob Gramlich, along with Barbara Tyran with ACORE, an organization promoting the transition to a renewable energy economy.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: There's frustration in the buildout of the transmission grid, particularly for renewables, but there's been progress, which you have tracked. Barbara, what are your thoughts?