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Marcus Hawkins: “MISO sets the capacity requirement, but states are…”

Featuring: Marcus Hawkins, Wisconsin Public Service Commission

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

Published | Video Starts at 24:40

Yeah, so we do a number of different things. So every very regularly we are weighing in at FERC at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. … MISO sets the capacity requirement, but states are technically allowed to set their own requirement. … they have to go to the federal commission and prove that it's going to be just and reasonable and it's going to be defensible, you know, in courts and things like that. (24:40–24:51)

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Asserts that while MISO sets capacity requirements, states have the legal authority to set their own.

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