Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2016
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.015
Abstract
In the Western United States, widespread growth of wind and solar resources is putting pressure on state policy makers, electricity system operators, and utilities to integrate renewable resources into the grid, while maintaining reliability, affordability, and improving efficiency. These resources are creating new challenges because their variability can contribute to transmission constraints and system imbalances. This paper examines a recent initiative to make energy imbalance market services available throughout the Western Interconnection and provides insight into evolving electricity system governance. Drawing on boundary organization and interorganizational collaboration literature, this research explores the processes and practices used to create a new interorganizational collaboration. The research supports theoretical claims that facilitating policy innovation requires discursive formation of a collective identity.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published in Energy Research & Social Science by Elsevier. This work is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Details regarding the use of this work can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.015
Publication Information
Lenhart, Stephanie; Nelson-Marsh, Natalie; Wilson, Elizabeth J.; and Solan, David. (2016). "Electricity Governance and the Western Energy Imbalance Market in the United States: The Necessity of Interorganizational Collaboration". Energy Research & Social Science, 19, 94-107. 10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.015