Governance Institutions for a Polycentric & Technologically Complex Electric Power Grid

From Santa Fe Institute

Lynne Kiesling (Northwestern, SFI) & Seth Blumsack (Penn State, SFI) What do good governance systems look like for the electric power grid? We know from prior work that governance systems can affect outcomes on the power grid (influencing cost, sustainability and reliability), and we know that good governance systems will be highly adaptive in ways that encourage innovation to support goals like reliability and resilience; low environmental and climate footprint; and affordability and access....