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In this episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kate Konschnik, a former senior lecturer at Duke University Law School who recently joined the Biden administration. Konschnik describes RTOGov, a research initiative that aims to evaluate how decisions are made in US electricity markets and the overlooked importance of regional transmission organizations (RTOs) in the electricity sector. Konschnik and Raimi discuss how different RTOs operate differently across the United States; why transparency matters in RTO governance and decisionmaking; and potential ways that RTOs can evolve to provide more reliable, affordable, and clean electricity in the years ahead.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\nRTOGov, the Regional Transmission Organization Governance project from the Duke Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions; https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/project/rtogov\n\n\u201cRTO governance structures can affect capacity market outcomes\u201d by Seth Blumsack and Kyungjin Yoo; https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/rto-governance-structures-can-affect-capacity-market-outcomes\n\n\u201cParticipatory Democracy in Dynamic Contexts: a Review of Regional Transmission Organization Governance in the United States\u201d by Stephanie Lenhart and Dalten Fox; https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications/participatory-democracy-dynamic-contexts-review-regional-transmission-organization\n\n\u201cHistory\u2019s largest mining operation is about to begin\u201d by Wil S. Hylton; https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/\n\nHow We Survive podcast; https://www.marketplace.org/shows/how-we-survive/