This Thursday at 1:00 PM EDT, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) will host a webinar release of a new report demonstrating how additional interregional transmission lines could have kept the lights on and saved consumers money during recent extreme weather events. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Following a presentation by the report author, Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Blunt will moderate a discussion of the report and the broader need for expanding and upgrading the US transmission grid. The report examines five extreme weather events in Texas, the Northeast and the Midwest, finding the greatest cost savings and reliability benefits for Texas during the recent Winter Storm Uri. 

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Moderator: Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal
• Neil Chatterjee, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Jennifer Curran, Vice President System Planning and Chief Compliance Officer, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• Alison Silverstein, Advisor, ResilentGrid 
• Adrienne Mouton-Henderson, Deputy Director, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
• Audun Botterud, Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
• Michael Goggin, Vice President, Grid Strategies LLC 

WHEN:
Thursday, July 22nd, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT 

ACORE | www.acore.org