In This Episode
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Host: Todd Snitchler, President and CEO, Electric Power Supply Association
Guest: Emile Thompson, Chairman, D.C. Public Service Commission
In this episode, D.C. Public Service Commission Chairman Emile Thompson joins EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler to share the inside scoop on the energy priorities for the nation’s capital. He gives his perspective on how to achieve the “energy trilemma” in D.C., and ways the Commission is working to support a cleaner future while keeping the district’s lights on and costs down – all while relying nearly entirely on other states for its power supply. He also shares regional and national insights from his role as Vice President of the Organization of PJM States, Inc. and involvement in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Other points discussed include:
- Prioritizing affordability for consumers through the energy transition,
- Addressing blackouts and securing reliability and safety,
- PJM Interconnection priorities including capacity market reform, interconnection challenges, and planning,
- NARUC priorities,
- The value of competitive power markets,
- FERC’s Transmission Rule – Order 1920,
- Addressing co-located load,
- And more.
As we get deeper and deeper into [the energy expansion], I think we have to be bold but practical … so it doesn’t mean that we can’t reach for the stars, but we have to actually do it in a logical manner.
Emile Thompson, Chairman, D.C. Public Service Commission
Producer, Audio Editor: Frances Owen, senior communications associate, Electric Power Supply Association
