Interview With EEI Executive Vice President Hon. Phil Moeller
In this episode of the Troutman Pepper Battery + Storage Podcast partners Cliff Sikora and Bill Derasmo interview Hon. Philip D. Moeller, Executive Vice President Edison Electric Institute (EEI). The episode covers Commissioner Moeller’s dedication to the values of public service (4:15), the importance of relationships and courtesy in Washington, DC (5:44), his view of industry restructuring while at FERC (9:00), partisanship (15:40), EEI’s position on how batteries should be classified as either transmission or distribution, and the launch of Order No. 841 (17:28), approval of FERC’s direction (even with no state opt-out) (18:58), understanding of differences in regional system peaks (19:29), batteries are the ultimate “utility infielder,” and require flexibility in regulatory oversight (20:01), view on FERC’s transmission’s NOI and the future of CAPEX deployment and RTO planning (21:35), the success of MISO’s MVP projects (24:00), ownership of batteries and control of functionality, microgrids (27:37), electric vehicles (34:03), non-discrimination requirements for storage access to markets (28:45), and environmental justice (29:12).