“European regulators are beginning to see that cooperation (between transmission grid operators) could help liquidity and competition in the market. Progress will be made in the next five years.”
Carlos Lapuerta
“Where do we want to go for the state of South Dakota with renewable fuels, with transmission grids, with all the factors, economic incentives and the like to really provide opportunity for people in South Dakota?”
Jack Billion
“Truth be told, though our economy operates in the Information Age, our power grid functions more like something from the Stone Age, ... We must act to change this now in the energy bill that is before the Congress.”
Chuck Schumer
“We need incentives for reinvestment in the transmission grid,”
Jennifer Granholm
“Additional high-voltage transmission highways are absolutely necessary to relieve congestion within the eastern grid.”
Michael Morris
“Expansion of the electric transmission grid and the consideration of alternatives are needed in these key areas to ensure reliability and lower electricity costs. Congress and the President provided a mechanism in the Energy Policy Act to ensure that transmission constraints that adversely impact national interests can be addressed in a timely manner. We appreciate federal leadership and believe these paths and the critical needs of these large metropolitan areas make them the very type of national interest concerns to which Congress was referring.”
Phillip G. Harris
“Honestly, the fix for this is a more robust grid. Entergy has not invested in transmission as I think it should. It's a standing issue I had as a regulator and still have with this company,”
Pat Wood
