mr. krapels. our next witness is jennifer curran who is a graduate of rice university, my alma mater, most importantly. >> go owls. >> go owls. five minutes five minutes ma'am. >> members of the subcommittee, i am jennifer curran, vice president of system planning for the midcontinent independent system operator. miso as we arer more commonly known. i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today as you examine the state of the electric transmission system and i hope that the insight on how we plan are useful as you work to shape your energy policy. we are a 501(c) for not-for- profit social welfare organization with responsibility for ensuring reliability of the high-voltage electric transmission system to deliver low-cost power to customers. that mission is reflected in our approach to transmission planning. we seek not to minimize the cost of transition but to identify transmission which maximizes value in the form of overall lower total energy costs. the system is geographically the lar

mr. krapels. our next witness is jennifer curran. she's a graduate of rice university, my alma mater. >> go owls. >> five minutes, ma'am. >> good morning, vice chairman and the ranking members of the subcommittee. as noted, i'm jennifer curran. i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today as you examine the state of the nation's electrician transmission system. i hope the insights into how we plan transmission are useful to you as you work to shape u.s. energy policy. miso is a 501 c 4 not for profit social welfare organization with responsibility for ensuring the reliability of the high voltage electric transmission system to deliver low-cost power to customers. that mission is reflected in our approach to transmission planning. we seek not to minimize the cost of transmission but rather to identify transmission which maximizes value to customers in the form of overall lower total energy costs. the system that miso manages is geographically the largest in north america. it spans from manitoba in canada down through all or

mr. krapels . our next witness is jennifer curran who is a graduate of rice university, my alma mater, most importantly. >> go owls. five minutes man. -- five minutes ma'am. >> members of the subcommittee, i am jennifer curran, vice president of system planning for the midcontinent independent system operator. i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today as you examine the state of the electric transmission system and i hope that the insight on how we plan are useful as you work to shape your energy policy. we are a 501(c) for not-for- profit social welfare organization with responsibility for ensuring reliability of the high-voltage election-- electric transmission system to deliver low-cost power to customers. that mission is reflected in our approach to transmission planning. we seek not to minimize the cost of transition but to identify transmission which maximizes value in the form of overall lower total energy costs. the system is geographically the largest in north america and span