“The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies’ Distributed Energy Resource Subcommittee is a collective industry organization of utility-only members discussing the integration of grid-edge technologies.”

Mike Howard’s uniquely impactful 42-year career strikes him as ‘extremely satisfying, humbling, and rewarding.’

“The DCAT tool gives a better way of looking at extreme events, so designers and system operators can plan systems that’ll be more robust against a tougher set of threats.”

“Transmission projects and especially groups of projects yield multiple value streams, but there is a tendency to group in traditional buckets of economic benefits, reliability benefits, and policy-driven benefits. What does it take to build our grid of the future?”

“DOE is looking at a larger objective, which is how we can more effectively serve the entire Eastern Interconnection. That is a different starting place for planning, and likely will produce different transmission planning projects. EIPC is a good clearinghouse for that.”

U of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute held a two-part webinar on Optimal Transmission Planning and Development for 2022 and Beyond.