Cooperative Regulation for Customers in the New Economy Pat Wood III, Chairman FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION NARUC Annual Meeting Nashville, Tennessee November 17, 2004
Cooperating on Electric Infrastructure
Wind Infrastructure as an Example Photo courtesy of National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Cooperating on Getting Transmission Built Annual growth rates in Gen, Trans, Load
67% of the U.S. Economy is Served by RTO/ISOs
Cooperating on Gas Supply Solutions 8 – 9 North American LNG terminals possibly completed by 2008 The Arctic gas pipelines – in future
Cooperating on Hydroelectricity
Cooperating on Telecommunications Federal-Federal- State cooperation Broadband over Power Lines