1、 The Benefit and Urgency of Planned Offshore Transmission:Reducing the Costs of and Barriers to Achieving U.S.Clean Energy Goals PREPARED BY Johannes P.Pfeifenberger Joe DeLosa III Linquan Bai Cornelis Plet(DNV)Carson Peacock Ryan Nelson PREPARED FOR Natural Resources Defense Council GridLab Clean A

2、ir Task Force American Clean Power Association American Council On Renewable Energy The Benefit and Urgency of Planned Offshore Wind Transmission B|i ADVISORY PANEL STUDY SPONSORS Cullen Howe,NRDC Ric OConnell,GridLab Nicole Pavia,CATF Gabe Tabak,ACP Kevin ORourke,ACORE RTOS Suzanne E.Glatz,PJM Robe

3、rt Ethier,ISO-NE NYISO(invited)CAISO(invited)STATES AND REGULATORY EXPERTS John Bernecker,NYSERDA Robert Snook,CT DEEP Abraham H.Silverman,Esq.,NJ BPU Suedeen Kelly(former FERC Commissioner)ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS Prof.Eric Hines,Tufts Robert Gramlich,Grid Strategies Beverly Bendix,RMI Christi

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