October 18, 2006—A group of the nation’s leading electric companies has formed a national non-profit trade organization, Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems (WIRES), dedicated to promoting investment in the North American electric transmission network.
WIRES’ members are the ITC Transmission, National Grid, Trans-Elect Inc., TXU Electric Delivery, and the electric utilities, cooperatives, and municipal utilities comprising the CapX 2020 consortium in the upper Midwest.
The group is dedicated to informing state and federal decision makers and the public about the challenges facing the nation’s electrical system as well as the environmental and efficiency benefits to customers and the economy that can be derived from better planning and greater investment in transmission capacity.
Membership is open to publicly and privately owned integrated utilities, transmission companies, cooperatives, technology companies, private equity concerns, and government and academic persons interested in electric transmission issues. For more information, see the Web site.
