PJM approves changes to transmission expansion plan PJnterconnection on Dec. 8 said that its board has approved changes of nearly $260 million to the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) to incorporate baseline and network upgrade changes. The approved facility upgrades were presented to the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee in November, PJM said, adding that all … Continue reading PJM approves changes to transmission expansion plan→
MISO board approves estimated $2.7 billion in wires projects The Midcontinent Independent System Operator Board of Directors on Thursday approved the system’s latest transmission expansion plan with 383 new projects spread across the grid operator’s sprawling footprint, estimated to cost almost $2.7 billion. As part of the System Planning Committee report to the board, committee … Continue reading MISO board approves estimated $2.7 billion in wires projects→
Delmarva Power making $7 million transmission upgrade In an effort to address Sussex County’s growing population, Delmarva Power has initiated a $7 million upgrade to its Midway Substation on Route 1 near Wawa in Lewes. The 69,000-volt substation is a major interconnection point with other coastal substations and serves thousands of customers between Lewes and … Continue reading #Delmarva_Power making $7 million transmission upgrade #EXC→
New FirstEnergy Transmission Line Energized in West Virginia to Support Shale Gas Industry FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has energized a vital transmission line in Harrison and Doddridge counties, W.Va., that both supports the electric demands of the area’s Marcellus Shale gas industry and helps enhance service reliability for nearly 13,000 Mon Power customers in the … Continue reading New #FirstEnergy Transmission Line Energized in West Virginia to Support #Shale_Gas Industry→
FERC Order 1000 is working slowly, but it is working Discussing the technical conference that FERC held last summer on Order 1000, Dan Belin, director – electric transmission, Ecology & Environment Inc., said on Nov. 15 that the majority consensus is that the process is working, and while it is moving slowly, the order is … Continue reading FERC #Order_1000 is working slowly, but it is working→
PJM files interconnect for uprated, 1,038 MW Mattawoman project in Maryland PJM Interconnection filed with FERC an executed, revised interconnection service agreement with Mattawoman Energy and interconnecting transmission owner Potomac Electric Power Co., (Pepco) plus two executed interconnection construction service agreements with Pepco and with Virginia Electric and Power Co. The Mattawoman ISA supersedes the … Continue reading PJM files interconnect for uprated, 1,038 MW #Mattawoman project in #Maryland→
New Developments In CAISO And The Mountain West Transmission Group While recent news stories focus on telecom and entertainment giants AT&T and Time Warner exploring a merger that could reshape their respective industries, electric utilities in the Western United States and Mexico are exploring their own economies and efficiencies that may come from participating in … Continue reading New Developments In CAISO And The Mountain West Transmission Group→
City Won’t Make $400K Change To New Substation The Vermillion City Council won’t be pursuing a design alternative to the city’s new northeast electrical substation that’s scheduled to be constructed in 2017. Earlier discussions about the substation’s design included the possible addition of a “ring bus” which would have allowed an addition of a transmission … Continue reading City Won’t Make $400K Change To New Substation→
Delayed power line project could cost Delaware It’s on hold for now, but state leaders are still planning to fight the unfair cost structure if the project is restarted next year. We hear a lot about infrastructure upgrades and the fight over how to pay for those improvements. Those arguments are typically focused on highways … Continue reading Delayed power line project could cost Delaware→
STATE URGES FEDERAL AGENCY TO IMPOSE COST CAPS ON TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Large energy companies, utilities increasingly look to transmission to drive profits. Without caps, cost overruns can be passed along to customers With new transmission projects boosting what consumers pay for electricity, state regulators and others are pressing for a federal agency to rein in … Continue reading STATE URGES FEDERAL AGENCY TO IMPOSE COST CAPS ON TRANSMISSION PROJECTS→
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