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October 2018

Vol. 23, No.40 Week of October 07, 2018

RCA sets Railbelt Reliability Council workshops

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has scheduled the first of a series of informal workshops to discuss the proposed formation of a Railbelt Reliability Council, commission Chair Stephen McAlpine has announced. The workshop will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. The Alaska Railbelt electric utilities are currently discussing the potential formation of an RRC, as proposed by the Alaska Cooperative Transmission and Electric Company Inc., a group of four of the utilities. The primary intent of the RRC would be to oversee the adoption and enforcement of reliability standards for the Railbelt electricity grid. Responsibilities for the RRC could also include regional integrated resource planning and ensuring open access to the electrical system, McAlpine said. The commission intends to collaborate with stakeholders and interested parties in discussions over the issues relating to the formation, authority and operation of the RRC, and believes that the planned workshops will facilitate an ongoing dialogue. The first workshop will focus on the process for moving from a memorandum of understanding between the utilities for the RRC formation to a broader stakeholder consensus on what the RRC will do, and the legal and funding mechanism under which it will operate, McAlpine said. - ALAN BAILEY






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