Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for Transmission Development & Innovation
Join leading transmission executives as they explore new strategies for planning, siting and financing the smart grid of the future
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About the Summit
Almost every aspect of the transmission business is seeing signs of innovation, with new approaches visible in areas from planning to finances to operations to technology. At Transmission Summit 2008, the industry’s key leaders will provide a detailed explanation of how they are responding to these shifts in today’s transmission environment. Our panelists will provide a detailed examination of each of the critical new developments facing the industry:
- Are the FERC incentive pricing programs working to spur new transmission?
- What will spur Wall Street to invest in transmission projects?
- How is the regional reliability planning requirement in Order No. 890 being met?
- Can new transmission pricing and cost allocation methods break the logjam preventing regional transmission development?
- Will state and local initiatives for siting and permitting transmission aid in the development of transmission to serve renewable and other assets?
- What will the impacts of FERC’s new office of innovation be, and when will the grid get smarter?
- How is the introduction of capacity and nodal markets affecting transmission operations and development?
Now in its tenth year, the annual Transmission Summit has established itself as the premier gathering for the transmission industry. At this year’s Summit, senior transmission executives will meet and address the strategic, regulatory, investment, and technology issues facing the industry and explore strategies for maximizing the true value of their business.
The theme of this year’s Transmission Summit is “Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for Transmission Development & Innovation.”
This year’s Summit will explore innovative approaches for planning, siting, financing and introducing new technologies into transmission developments, and bring clarity to some of the regulatory, financial, operational and technical uncertainties facing transmission owners and operators.
| Featuring These Speakers: | ||
 Paul Hudson Commissioner Public Utility Comission of Texas |  Jon Wellinghoff Commissioner FERC | |