The Western US Needs Better Regional Planning to Modernize the Grid
Greentech Media
Michael O’Boyle
July 23, 2015
The Western Interconnection’s electricity system is undergoing unprecedented change. State and federal regulations requiring decreased coal-fired generation, as well as increased renewable energy resources, energy storage, demand response and energy efficiency, are projected to generate significant near- and long-term economic and environmental benefits…
By contrast, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the Alberta Electric System Operator, and most of the Eastern Interconnection use centralized markets and operations co-optimized to transact, schedule, and dispatch energy, capacity, and a host of ancillary services.
