{"id":4366,"date":"2014-09-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:05:49","slug":"mga-addresses-choices-and-flexibility-for-electric-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/mga-addresses-choices-and-flexibility-for-electric-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"MGA Addresses Choices and Flexibility for Electric Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indianapolis, Indiana<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) recently met in Indianapolis to\u00a0examine the tools available to states, the region, utilities and grid operators to meet the future challenges\u00a0of grid and electricity reliability. The meeting, Empowering the Grid: Choices and Flexibility for Grid\u00a0Operations and Utilization, took place September 16 \u2013 17, and attendees included governors\u2019 staff, state\u00a0utility commissioners, utilities and other industry stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the Midwest, states are grappling with ways to meet new environmental demands on\u00a0electricity production and upgrading their transmission infrastructure. Sharing ideas on how to meet new\u00a0requirements, as well as ensuring regional flexibility, is an important conversation that I am glad this\u00a0meeting helped facilitate,\u201d said Indiana Governor Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from industry discussed their efforts to build and manage transmission projects and were\u00a0joined by officials from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,\u00a0who provided insight into how the region can better cooperate and collaborate with the federal<br \/>\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>This was the fourth annual meeting the MGA hosted to highlight the steady progress in planning for the\u00a0electric transmission needs of the future.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Heier, executive director of the MGA, said, \u201cElectric transmission planning serves as a great\u00a0example of how Midwestern governors are working together across state borders to strengthen the\u00a0regional economy, ensure grid reliability and continue to produce affordable electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information on the MGA\u2019s regional transmission efforts is available at<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/transmission-2014\">www.midwesterngovernors.org\/transmission.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p><em>The MGA is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization that brings together the governors of Midwestern states to\u00a0work cooperatively on issues of importance to the region. Current members of the MGA are Gov. Pat Quinn\u00a0(Ill.), Gov. Mike Pence (Ind.), Gov. Terry Branstad (Iowa), Gov. Sam Brownback (Kansas), Gov. Rick Snyder\u00a0(Mich.), Gov. Mark Dayton (Minn.), Gov. Jay Nixon (Mo.), Gov. John Kasich (Ohio) and Gov. 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