RTO Insider reports on a new suite of orders from FERC, which call on transmission grid operators to offer new options to large load customers, potentially creating much-welcome regulatory certainty and transparency, as well as some safeguards to ensure that co-location won’t negatively impact the electric rates and system reliability of all other customers. United’s Caitlin Marquis commended FERC for recognizing the inherent value that grid flexibility, advanced transmission technologies (ATTs), and new co-located generating resources provide in solving large-load challenges and meeting growing energy demands.
