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Marcus Hawkins: “The majority of load is served by a utility that itself is…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 36:08

And, and the majority of the, the country, I think it's 2/3 of the electricity demand in the US is part of an RTO. And so there are certain parts in the west and in the Southeast that are not. But The majority of load is served by a utility that itself is served by a larger RTO. So I'll just start there. The, the main benefits and pros as I see them, are that when you're rely, when you're using a larger footprint to meet customer demands, you lower the risk for everybody in that region. (36:08–36:15)

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Asserts that most electricity load in the U.S. is managed by utilities within larger RTOs.

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