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The GT Power Hour: Episode 30 (Planning for Renewables and the Grid of the Future, w. PJM’s Ken Seiler)

Feb 23, 2022 |

In which we ask Ken Seiler, PJM’s vice president of system planning, to unbox transmission-planning issues and how PJM is preparing for a grid of the future that’s dominated by intermittent-renewable resources. Generator interconnection is front and center, but we also get into the New Jersey BPU’s SAA and offshore wind, FERC’s transmission-focused ANOPR, cost allocation, system reliability, fly-tying, various books: A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean, Power Hungry by Robert Bryce and Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid by Meredith Angwin, Penn State, THON and Glen’s recent visit to NARUC.

Episode 23 (Line in the Sand: A Garden State-ment)

Jul 30, 2021 |

In which we submit New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Joe Fiordaliso to our line of questioning on resource adequacy, capacity markets, offshore wind, PJM, NIMBYism, state relations with PJM and FERC, New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan and its aggressive goals and the state of thermal generation in the Garden State.
Later, we force the president to engage in a little political Catch-22 and pick favorites between beloved New Jersey icons. After that, he doles out some advice to another president whose tenure his own has far exceeded and finally urges everyone to follow his state’s bold lead in addressing climate change.

Episode 18 (Capacity-Market Deep Dive)

Feb 19, 2021 |

In which Glen and Rory dig deep to break down PJM’s capacity construct: where it’s been, where it’s going, how it compares to other regional grids and the major forces at play in shaping its future.
But that’s not all! (It never is.) TB12 and the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip make appearances in the conversation as Glen coins the phrase “that warm barn of regulation” and presages the devastating blackouts in Texas that would occur just hours after recording the episode. What should become of the MOPR? Are PJM and its member states still invested in competitive markets? What’s the deal with monopsony market-power? Can state statutes play nice with market forces? How does the new-look FERC impact all of this? Does New Jersey’s new market-design idea have legs? No questions barred and all things considered, it’s a discussion about electricity supply and system reliability that you don’t want to miss!

Episode 17 (The Right Manu for the Job)

Jan 20, 2021 |

In which we probe deep into the mind of Manu Asthana one year into his tenure as PJM’s president and CEO, and he proves to be up to the task – both in the interview and the job. Ranging from the MOPR, the ORDC, the NJBPU’s state-agreement approach on analyzing offshore wind and a word salad of other industry jargon to the pandemic and social-justice movements, we explore our guest’s perspectives on a wide variety of topics – and consistently return to themes of unity and equality that might be exactly the kind of leadership PJM needs right now.

Episode 11 (New Jersey Brand Recognition)

Jul 9, 2020 |

In which we ask Stefanie Brand, the the Director for the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, to not only defend her adopted state but also hold it accountable, which – as the state’s consumer advocate, she of course does with aplomb. FRR, MOPR, ZECs… they’re all here – as is the Taylor Ham/Pork Roll controversy, why everyone dumps on NJ, whether Central Jersey exists, love for New York, Pennsylvania, Jacob DeGrom and Michelle Obama, living as a Mets fan, the Jersey Shore Sound and feeling like an underdog, Eagles vs. Giants, Phillies vs. Mets (and why that’s even the question)… all-Jersey all the time on this episode. Check it while you’re chilling down the shore.

The GT Power Hour: Episode 30 (Planning for Renewables and the Grid of the Future, w. PJM’s Ken Seiler)

Episode 23 (Line in the Sand: A Garden State-ment)

Episode 18 (Capacity-Market Deep Dive)

Episode 17 (The Right Manu for the Job)

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