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Electric Wire, Ep. 39 - Marcus Hawkins discusses his role leading the Organization of MISO States

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

And then a couple years later, OMS came to be, why did there need to be an OMS if there's a miso? Yes, great question. So In the early 2000s, it was really a federal policy push to introduce wholesale competition for electricity. So it was coming from the Energy Policy act and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to encourage competition of generation so that customers could benefit from the cheapest electricity possible. (08:08–08:20)

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