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Marcus Hawkins: “The states still have authority to cite transmission in…”

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 16:00

And so there's a ton of modeling and assumptions and different scenarios that you got to look at to, to make sure you're building a transmission system that you know, is justifiable at each of these state commissions, because The states still have authority to cite transmission in their borders. And so we're participating in this regional process that's looking at a pretty expansive build out of transmission and trying to make sure that the transmission that is being planned and modeled is being modeled accurately and is being planned for the right reasons. (16:00–16:24)

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Asserts that state governments retain the authority to approve transmission projects within their borders.

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