To facilitate market access for all sources of electric
generation, including renewables, and minimize transmission
congestion. It is time for a fresh perspective on transmission.
It must be recognized as critically important to advancing other
aspects of the industry beyond just delivery of electricity to
customers. WIRES seeks to inform policymakers and the public of
the fundamental role transmission plays to foster fuel
diversity, reliability, markets, and the development of
renewable energy. First, the old paradigm of sending siting
signals to generators does not necessarily apply, and we now
need to build the grid out to where the generators will site.
Unlike most generation sited a decade ago, many new resources
will be remote from load centers and location-specific.
Transmission facilitates market access to such remote and
diverse generation resources with different fuels, operating
characteristics, and environmental impacts. This diversity in
turn can enhance reliability and reduce risk to customers d