Changing the dispatch equation  Using transmission intelligence
+ flexibility  Published In: Intelligent Utility Magazine
March/April 2011   "I THINK WITH TRANSMISSION, WHEN WE LOOK AT
WHAT'S going to be happening over the next 10 to 15 years, we
have to go back to the basics."  With these words, Phil Harris,
CEO of Tres Amigas LLC and former head of PJM Interconnection,
opened a provocative discussion about the future of transmission
in North America. Speaking as a panelist in a recent EnergyBiz
Leadership Series webcast, "Game Changers: What you thought you
knew about transmission," Harris talked about the opportunities
available in a more efficient transmission grid. Here are some
of his comments, edited for style and length.  In transmission,
the changes that are taking place are on the security-
constrained dispatch of transmission. If we look at the dispatch
equation for 100 years - and this is important to understand -
we've dispatched our system (this way). As you know, an electric
grid, as long as it