August 25, 2008
FERC investigating trading across seams while others cite Constellation in loop flows - Power Markets Week
Michael Giberson, an energy economist at Texas Tech University and formerly an economist with Potomac Economics, said what could go a long way to help solve issues associated with seams would be for a FERC commissioner to take this issue head on.
“Someone at FERC needs to champion this,” he said, adding that there needs to be a substantive effort, and “not a few paragraphs in an order,” but actual substance.
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PJM and MISO have elaborate protocols set up to manage grid operations jointly in efforts to eliminate seams. This allows the two grid operators to share information and not to be “constantly surprised” by operating conditions, said Giberson.
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But rather than coming down hard from the top and mandating something like a super pool, Giberson said he’d rather see a “bottom-up approach” with someone taking the initiative to bring everyone together to communicate and provide better coordination with neighbors.
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