Public policy and private interests: why transmission planning and cost-allocation methods continue to stifle renewable energy policy goals

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Electricity Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2009.10.016· OSTI ID:21248865

Puga, J Nicolas; Lesser, Jonathan A

It has been almost 10 years since FERC Order 2000 created regional transmission organizations and independent system operators in order to establish competitive power markets and to stimulate the development of new transmission. Now, the dominant behavior of the incumbent transmission owners, expressed through their RTO and ISO transmission expansion planning processes, is at loggerheads with public policies aimed at developing renewable energy resources. (author)

• OSTI ID: 21248865
• Journal Information: Electricity Journal, Vol. 22, Issue 10; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 1040-6190
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
POWER TRANSMISSION
PUBLIC POLICY
PLANNING
ALLOCATIONS
COST
US FERC
MARKET
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY