AEP’s Eagle Pass DC Tie shuts for unplanned outage: ERCOT American Electric Power’s 36-MW Eagle Pass DC Tie was shut around midnight Tuesday due to an unplanned outage, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said. The tie was expected to be unavailable from 11:56 pm CST Tuesday through noon Thursday, the grid operator said. Read … Continue reading #AEP ‘s #Eagle_Pass #DC_Tie shuts for unplanned outage: ERCOT
FirstEnergy to Energize New Transmission Line in Pittsburgh’s North Hills AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) is upgrading an existing 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to meet rising electric demand in some of the fastest-growing communities served by its Penn Power utility, including Mars, Seven Fields Borough, and Wexford, as well as … Continue reading #FirstEnergy to Energize New Transmission Line in #Pittsburgh ‘s North Hills
ITC wins DOE permit for Lake Erie transmission project ITC Lake Erie Connector, a unit of ITC Holdings Corp., an independent electricity transmission company, won approval of a Presidential Permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for the ITC Lake Erie Connector transmission line. A DOE Presidential Permit is required for international border-crossing projects. The … Continue reading #ITC wins DOE permit for #Lake_Erie transmission project
Transmission rate base in CAISO shows wide mix of growth, ROEs remain stable Based on 2017 data, transmission rate base among utilities in the California ISO continued the mixed growth reported for 2016, with year-on-year growth for the three large investor-owned utilities in CAISO ranging from a low of just over 6% for Edison International … Continue reading Transmission rate base in CAISO shows wide mix of growth, ROEs remain stable
New England Clean Power Link Earns Presidential Permit TDI New England (TDI-NE) announced the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Presidential Permit for the New England Clean Power Link, a 1,000 mW buried electric transmission line that will connect New England with eastern Canada. A Presidential Permit is required for the construction, … Continue reading New England Clean Power Link Earns Presidential Permit
LS Power-led consortium wins first Order 1000 transmission project in MISO Despite trimmed returns, MISO is looking to expand its transmission network with plans for up to 394 projects totaling $2.8 billion. About half of the total expected layouts would be for new or upgraded transmission projects with about 45% for substation improvements. FERC in … Continue reading #LS_Power – led consortium wins first Order 1000 transmission project in MISO
Study finds billions of dollars of economic benefits from just one transmission project A recently released study finds that Pattern Energy Group LP’s proposed Southern Cross transmission line will spur $3.9 billion in economic benefits. Mississippi, Louisiana and the greater southwest stand to gain over both the short and long term, according to researchers. Benefits … Continue reading Study finds billions of dollars of economic benefits from just one transmission project
Report offers roadmap for overhaul of U.S. electrical grid A new report by a team of engineers, scientists and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a roadmap for the redesign of one of history’s most critical inventions. The power grid – named the greatest engineering feat of the 20th century by the National … Continue reading Report offers roadmap for overhaul of U.S. electrical grid
MEGA INTERNATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE WINS FEDERAL APPROVAL the U.S. Department of Energy gave its approval this week to a 1,000-megawatt international power line that will carry mainly Canadian hydroelectric energy to southern New England. Vermont will have dibs on 200 megawatts. The Department of Energy awarded the project a presidential permit, which is required … Continue reading MEGA INTERNATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE WINS FEDERAL APPROVAL
DOE issuing permit for New England transmission project in Vermont The U.S. Department of Energy will announce in the Dec. 12 Federal Register that, following a completed environmental review process, it is issuing a presidential permit to Transmission Developers Inc.-New England (TDI-NE), to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the U.S./Canada … Continue reading DOE issuing permit for #New_England transmission project in #Vermont
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