Getting to Know RTO

Digging Into The Data on Regional Market Studies

There is a lot of data related to establishing a regional electricity grid in the West, and digging through this information can be a challenge. In this episode,  Advanced Energy United’s Leah Rubin Shen talks with Fred Heutte, Senior Policy Associate at NW Energy Coalition, who provides  keen insight into the methods and strategies stakeholders should look for when analyzing regional grid data.

What Montana stands to gain by joining a regional electricity grid

In this episode, Advanced Energy United's Leah Ruben Shen talks with Anne Hedges, Director of Policy & Legislative Affairs at the Montana Environmental Information Center. As an energy and environmental policy expert for decades, Anne provides some keen insight into the benefits and challenges on Montana's path towards regional electric grid collaboration.

How a regional electric grid could avert a public health catastrophe

Welcome to Season 2 of Getting to Know RTO! In this episode, Advanced Energy United’s Leah Rubin Shen talks with Dr. Bob England, a public health physician and the former director of the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, about the public health benefits of regionalizing our electric grid.

'It's really not rocket science.' Former FERC commissioner reflects on benefits, opportunities of a Western RTO

In this episode, former FERC commissioner Suedeen Kelly talks with with Advanced Energy United’s Leah Rubin Shen, where she provides some keen insight into FERC’s role in regionalization and speaks to the benefits of establishing a west-wide electricity grid. About Suedeen: Suedeen is currently a partner at Jenner & Block where she works on a broad variety of energy issues, and she’s also a former commissioner for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Suedeen was nominated for three terms as a commissioner — first by president George W. Bush and then by president Barack Obama. She is credited with spearheading regulatory policy changes in the realms of transmission interconnection and planning reform, as well as the integration and deployment of renewables and smart technology into the grid.

How a Regional Electric Grid Would Help Deliver More Affordable Electricity for Customers in the West

In this episode, Advanced Energy United's Leah Ruben Shen talks with Bob Jenks, Executive Director of the Oregon Citizens' Utility Board [https://oregoncub.org/]. They talk about how an RTO would help deliver more affordable electricity to ratepayers across the West. They also touch on the increased efficiency of a regional grid and what opportunities decision makers have to build an RTO that meets the needs of our communities now and into the future.