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Todd Snitchler sits with Wall Street Journal Reporter and award-winning author Katherine Blunt to discuss the growing concerns regarding electric grid reliability in the face of a changing energy mix, extreme weather, increasing security threats, and new policy demands.
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Read MoreIn a new episode on Energy Solutions, EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler sits down with Executive Director of the Western Power Trading Forum Scott Miller. Listen in as Todd and Scott discuss the unique reliability challenges the U.S. West faces, and why many are advocating to expand power markets are to enhance power system reliability, decarbonize the grid, and lower electricity costs.
Read MoreListen here. Publish Date: July 22, 2021 | Total runtime: 37:56 Guests: Jim Robb, president and CEO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Host: Todd Snitchler, president and CEO, Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) TRANSCRIPT Todd Snitchler, host: It’s the middle of summer. For most of us in the United States, that means it’s hot. But as we crank up our air conditioning while turning on our […]
Read MoreThe California ISO—or CAISO—is the only independent grid operator in the western United States and manages the flow of electricity for the grid that serves 80 percent of California and part of Nevada. Its competitive wholesale electric marketplace has been described as a hybrid of the New York Stock Exchange and NASA’s mission control, employing advanced technologies to monitor the grid to ensure that power reaches more than 30 million consumers when they need it.
Read MoreEPSA’s new Competitive Electricity Markets Spotlight details the benefits competition brings to California, how CAISO grid operators plan for extreme temperatures, what’s needed to promote reliable service and how competitive power suppliers are investing in the Golden State’s energy future.
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