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DESCRIPTION:Event details at http://dcgreenscene.com/event-detail/269 \n\n
 The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and WIRES (Working gro
 up for Investment in Reliable and Economic electric Systems) are hosting a
  briefing on a major challenge facing the modernization of our nation's hi
 gh voltage grid: cost allocation. Regional transmission organizations (RTO
 s) and individual utilities in bilateral markets are devising various meth
 ods of allocating grid expansion and upgrade costs in light of local polit
 ical\, regulatory\, and grid operational realities. If methodologies vary 
 widely in their objectives and results\, how will federal regulators apply
  the requirements of the Federal Power Act to them? This briefing will exp
 lore the basic concepts of cost allocation\, why the issue is critical to 
 the future of the grid\, and what needs to be resolved by the Congress\, F
 ederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)\, and other stakeholders to red
 uce the regulatory uncertainty about who will pay for the coming build-out
 .
LOCATION:Constitution Avenue and 1st Street\, NE \,Washington\,DC\,20002
SUMMARY:Electric Transmission 201: Cost Allocation
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