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The Changing Utility Landscape and its Implications for Transmission

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Strategies and Policy Considerations for an Uncertain Grid Market

Coming out of the 2018 Infocast Transmission Summit, ScottMadden shares key takeaways related to strategies and policy considerations for an uncertain grid market, including infrastructure challenges and market reform.

Transmission Investment: Revisiting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Two-Step DCF Methodology for Calculating Allowed Returns on Equity

On behalf of the EEI, ScottMadden prepared this white paper reviewing the “Two-step” Discounted Cash Flow model to set allowed Returns on Equity for electric transmission investments, as adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Opinion No. 531.

Darkness Down Under – How a recent blackout has reignited the debate over how renewable generation could impact grid reliability

This outage highlights the difficulty in planning and operating a grid using a supply set which includes a high percentage of intermittent resources and relies on imported power for balancing.

FERC Order No. 1000: Five Years On

This complimentary white paper addresses the objectives of Order No. 1000, what has been accomplished, and key challenges with its implementation.

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ScottMadden recently joined transmission policy makers and executives as a presenter at Infocast’s 5th Annual Transmission Summit West. At this event, Cristin Lyons, partner and transmission, distribution, and Smart Grid practice leader at ScottMadden, presented “Changing Resources and Implications for Transmission.” This session discussed changes to the generation portfolio, the introduction of significant renewable resources, and the deployment of customer-side resources—resources that are fundamentally changing the way electricity is produced and delivered to customers.

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Cristin Lyons Partner and Energy Practice Leader

May we suggest:

Strategies and Policy Considerations for an Uncertain Grid Market

Coming out of the 2018 Infocast Transmission Summit, ScottMadden shares key takeaways related to strategies and policy considerations for an uncertain grid market, including infrastructure challenges and market reform.

Transmission Investment: Revisiting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Two-Step DCF Methodology for Calculating Allowed Returns on Equity

On behalf of the EEI, ScottMadden prepared this white paper reviewing the “Two-step” Discounted Cash Flow model to set allowed Returns on Equity for electric transmission investments, as adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Opinion No. 531.

Darkness Down Under – How a recent blackout has reignited the debate over how renewable generation could impact grid reliability

This outage highlights the difficulty in planning and operating a grid using a supply set which includes a high percentage of intermittent resources and relies on imported power for balancing.

FERC Order No. 1000: Five Years On

This complimentary white paper addresses the objectives of Order No. 1000, what has been accomplished, and key challenges with its implementation.

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