Transmission Challenges in a Carbon-Free World

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) delivers federal
hydropower to more than 40 million Americans every year. In this
episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mark
Gabriel who is the CEO and Administrator for WAPA. Mr. Gabriel
explains how market dynamics are pushing the transmission grid to
its limits. 


“We’re adding more and more of the very thing that is pushing us
to those limits. I think we’ve got to get a balance of those
things.”


We’ll also hear what’s holding up dozens of projects to improve
our transmission infrastructure. 


Mark Gabriel is Administrator and CEO of the Western Area Power
Administration. Gabriel manages the nonprofit federal
organization, which markets and delivers low-cost federal
hydropower from 57 hydroelectric plants to wholesale
customers. 


Mr. Gabriel holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from
Fordham University in New York and completed the coursework for a
master’s degree in administration and management from Saint
Michael’s College in Vermont.