MID-GRID Archives - Midwestern Governors Association https://midwesterngovernors.org/tag/mid-grid/ America's Smartland Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://mlnthxevutp3.i.optimole.com/w:32/h:32/q:mauto/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://midwesterngovernors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-13239950_1257829404228948_4621178553354049394_n-1.png MID-GRID Archives - Midwestern Governors Association https://midwesterngovernors.org/tag/mid-grid/ 32 32 America’s Smartland Series: What About the Waste? https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/webinar-5-what-about-the-waste/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10271 This webinar will address lingering questions about commercial nuclear waste, including: the basics about how it is produced and stored—and in some cases, stranded—at nuclear power plants across the Midwest; […]

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January 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST

This webinar will address lingering questions about commercial nuclear waste, including:

  • the basics about how it is produced and stored—and in some cases, stranded—at nuclear power plants across the Midwest;
  • the policy and legal history concerning its removal, transportation, consolidated storage, recycling, and permanent disposal;
  • the increasing impacts of federal government inaction on host communities, utilities, electric customers, and all US taxpayers;
  • the potential opportunities and impacts of new nuclear reactors and SMRs and facts about recycling technologies; and
  • how states can engage to support a successful national integrated nuclear waste management program that both addresses longstanding concerns and broadens opportunities for the nuclear sector and future host communities.

Co-Moderators:

  • Commissioner Katherine Peretick, Michigan Public Service Commission & Chair, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC)
  • Commissioner Stacey Paradis, Illinois Commerce Commission and Vice Chair, NWSC

Panelists:

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]]> MID-GRID Webinar – Benefits of Regional Transmission https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mid-grid-webinar-benefits-of-regional-transmission/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10269 MGA has been engaging with state government and stakeholders on cross-regional studies. To continue this topic of discussion, this webinar will connect policymakers to challenges with assessing the benefits of […]

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December 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST

MGA has been engaging with state government and stakeholders on cross-regional studies. To continue this topic of discussion, this webinar will connect policymakers to challenges with assessing the benefits of interregional transmission. Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Principal at the Brattle Group, will present ways policy makers can better understand these unique benefits. 

Some of the topics we will address include:

  • How much are we investing in transmission?
  • What opportunities are created by Order 1920
  • What are transmission benefits? 
  • How to deal with uncertainty and minimize planning regrets?
  • Why interregional transmission and what is holding us back?

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]]> MID-GRID Webinar: Benefits of Interregional Transmission https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/what-about-the-waste/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10239 The MGA will continue our MID-GRID Webinar series on the Benefits of Interregional Transmission with the next webinar scheduled for Tuesday, January 20 at 12 pm Central. MGA has been […]

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January 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST

The MGA will continue our MID-GRID Webinar series on the Benefits of Interregional Transmission with the next webinar scheduled for Tuesday, January 20 at 12 pm Central.

MGA has been engaging with state government and stakeholders on cross-regional studies. To continue this topic of discussion, this webinar will connect policymakers to challenges with assessing the benefits of interregional transmission.

 Presenting on their work at ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group), James Okullo, Director of System Planning and Trieu Mai, Visiting Fellow from will discuss ways policy makers can better understand these unique benefits.

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – U.S. DOE Grid Deployment Office Update https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-u-s-doe-grid-deployment-office-update/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10227 The MGA will be joined by Whitney Muse, Chief of Staff, Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy to discuss structural changes at DOE, including the formation of the Grid […]

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]]> The MGA will be joined by Whitney Muse, Chief of Staff, Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy to discuss structural changes at DOE, including the formation of the Grid Deployment Office (GDO). Attendees will learn about the mission of the GDO, its programs and initiatives, and the offices role in federal legislation include BIL, CHIP, and IRA

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – Converter Stations https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-converter-stations-2/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10225 The MGA will host Roger Rosenqvist, Vice President of Business Development for Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Division in North America for a webinar about converter stations. High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission […]

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]]> The MGA will host Roger Rosenqvist, Vice President of Business Development for Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Division in North America for a webinar about converter stations. High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology has not been deployed widely in the Midwest, compared to alternating current (AC) transmission. This is in part because the equipment needed to manage a DC grid, and to connect the DC and AC grids, has been prohibitively expensive. Today, HVDC technology is gaining traction around the world as power system are modernized and decarbonized. Technological improvements and cost declines in DC-AC converter stations have helped spur deployment. During this webinar, participants will hear from one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of converter stations on the capabilities these assets can offer and how those capabilities can address emerging reliability needs and be part of an optimized transmission grid that meets the MID GRID 2035 vision.

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – Advanced Conductor Webinar https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-advanced-conductor-webinar-2/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10221 David Townley, Director of Public Policy at CTC Global will present on their work with advanced conductors. CTC Global is a pioneering manufacturer of advanced transmission conductors. CTC’s innovative design enables more […]

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]]> David Townley, Director of Public Policy at CTC Global will present on their work with advanced conductors. CTC Global is a pioneering manufacturer of advanced transmission conductors. CTC’s innovative design enables more power to flow through existing transmission corridors, delivering more efficient and reliable energy to customers than conventional wires do today. MGA participants will have the opportunity to discuss the benefits of advanced conductors, barriers to their broad implementation, and opportunities for states and utilities to explore their use in the Midwest.

Watch Recording

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – Converter Stations https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-converter-stations/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10219 The MGA will host Roger Rosenqvist, Vice President of Business Development for Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Division in North America for a webinar about converter stations. High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission […]

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]]> The MGA will host Roger Rosenqvist, Vice President of Business Development for Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Division in North America for a webinar about converter stations. High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology has not been deployed widely in the Midwest, compared to alternating current (AC) transmission. This is in part because the equipment needed to manage a DC grid, and to connect the DC and AC grids, has been prohibitively expensive. Today, HVDC technology is gaining traction around the world as power system are modernized and decarbonized. Technological improvements and cost declines in DC-AC converter stations have helped spur deployment. During this webinar, participants will hear from one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of converter stations on the capabilities these assets can offer and how those capabilities can address emerging reliability needs and be part of an optimized transmission grid that meets the MID GRID 2035 vision.

Watch Recording

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – FERC Update Webinar https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-ferc-update-webinar/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10217 Liz Salerno, Lead, Transmission and Technology Initiatives for Chairman Glick, FERC provided an update on Transmission related topics at FERC. Since we heard from Chairman Glick at last year’s MGA-OMS […]

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]]> Liz Salerno, Lead, Transmission and Technology Initiatives for Chairman Glick, FERC provided an update on Transmission related topics at FERC. Since we heard from Chairman Glick at last year’s MGA-OMS Transmission Summit, the FERC-NARUC task force has meet multiple times, FERC’s transmission planning NOPR has received comments from stakeholders, and FERC has issues even more proposed rules related to transmission planning and interconnection, just to name of few of the things that FERC has going on that is impacting transmission.

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – Advanced Conductor Webinar https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/mga-mid-grid-2035-advanced-conductor-webinar/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10215 David Townley, Director of Public Policy at CTC Global will present on their work with advanced conductors. CTC Global is a pioneering manufacturer of advanced transmission conductors. CTC’s innovative design enables more […]

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]]> David Townley, Director of Public Policy at CTC Global will present on their work with advanced conductors. CTC Global is a pioneering manufacturer of advanced transmission conductors. CTC’s innovative design enables more power to flow through existing transmission corridors, delivering more efficient and reliable energy to customers than conventional wires do today. MGA participants will have the opportunity to discuss the benefits of advanced conductors, barriers to their broad implementation, and opportunities for states and utilities to explore their use in the Midwest.

Watch Recording

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]]> MGA MID-GRID 2035 – Quarterly Meeting https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/10206/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://midwesterngovernors.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=10206 Since the start of the MID-GRID 2035 effort in late 2019, the Midwest has made considerable progress toward the vision outlined by the states. Regional and interregional transmission planning is […]

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]]> Since the start of the MID-GRID 2035 effort in late 2019, the Midwest has made considerable progress toward the vision outlined by the states. Regional and interregional transmission planning is taking place at a scale not before contemplated, and new generation investments have provided economic development and other benefits. Simultaneously, the region has dealt with multiple major weather events, grid reliability challenges, increasing costs due to global economic turmoil and record inflation, and an increasing rate of generation retirements.As we look back at where MID-GRID 2035 began and now toward where this work will go, the nature of the challenges and opportunities ahead has shifted and this event will set the stage for what we hope to tackle in MID-GRID 2035 2.0.More information can be found here.

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