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Big spending, legal appeals in $1B Maine transmission project

Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec have now spent $16.7 million trying to defeat a ballot referendum on the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project, according to recent filings with the Maine Ethics Commission.

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Freelance Writer, Editor, Consultant, Lansdowne, Pa.

Post - Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 9, 2020

Batteries can be a very versatile transmission resource

Batteries are very versatile transmission resources, and based on preliminary screening studies we’ve done in the PJM footprint, one potential use for batteries and similar storage devices is for daily peak shaving.

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Post - Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 8, 2020

PJM Immediate Need Exception to Competitive Transmission Process

FERC recently investigated the immediate need reliability exceptions to competitive processes in the OATT of ISO-NE, SPP and PJM. FERC found that ISO-NE and SPP are compliant with their OATTs and that there is no reason to change the immediate..

CEO, Dumais Consulting

Shared Link - Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 6, 2020

Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both

I've mentioned this a couple times on the forum while discussing the utility business' place in any sort of COVID economic recovery effort. Great to see the idea get some mainstream attention.

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The real question is who is opposing this? Regardless on your preferred energy source, transmission upgrades are just straightforward and should be as non-partisan as funding highways.

Not only does this deliver clean energy and create jobs, it could also help address the country's long-deferred maintenance to energy infrastructure. Updating transmission lines are among the least sexy topics among clean energy conversations, yet, it is super vital, especially since studies show the country's middle 15 states have the greatest renewable energy generation...

Love the 'harvest to urban market' phrasing here, helps relate it to agriculture which is more tangible and easy to understand for the non-energy wonk and perhaps help steer that conversation in the right direction

Post - Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 6, 2020

House Dems' plan to fight climate change proposes big changes to transmission grid

The plan to fight climate change recently released by House Democrats calls for some big changes to the nation's transmission grid and the rules governing it.

Freelance Writer, Editor, Consultant, Lansdowne, Pa.

Are they mutually exclusive goals? Obviously there are only so many funds to go around so that might be the most limiting factor, but is it possible to have both? A 'super grid' that also recognizes and provides value to the local generation and perhaps is more easily able to balance out the excess generation in one region with the needs in another (particularly as...

They aren't mutually exclusive goals, but without the law and rule changes mentioned in "Solving the Climate Crisis," any attempt to build a supergrid would get bogged down in litigation. According to "The 2035 Report," which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago in this post , only modest transmission expenditures and siting battles are needed to get the U.S. to a 90 percent carbon-free...

Yes, like "Hub and spoke" or in this case "spoke and hub". That has much more chance of succeding. The ISO's would have to step up to manage, monitor, etc.

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Post - Transmission Professionals Group - Jun 30, 2020

New Macro Grid Initiative takes aim at America's renewable generation and delivery problem

A new Macro Grid Initiative from the American Council on Renewable Energy zeroes in on addressing the harm the country's aging electricity distribution system can do on our renewable energy aspirations.

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Shared Link - Transmission Professionals Group - Jun 30, 2020

NY's biggest transmission line project underway in St. Lawrence County

After necessary—but all the same worrisome—delays, it seems we're finally getting our vital transmission projects back underway. It's not sexy, but expanding and hardening transmission infrastructure is a core aspect of preparing our grid for the..

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Jul 9, 2020

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Appeals court backs sale of controversial wind energy line in Missouri #MO

JEFFERSON CITY – A state appeals court ruled in favor of a controversial wind electricity project Tuesday, putting the Grain Belt Express transmission line another step closer to construction. The project, which has been tied...

Jul 9, 2020

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Data analysis points to more breakdowns than planned outages at Lakvijaya

The Lakvijaya coal power plant has been shut down multiple times since its commissioning with its three units being affected to varying degrees. While some of this is owing to planned maintenance, official data indicate that...

Jul 8, 2020

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Africa: Eskom units trip at Tutuka and Kendal plants

Source: South Africa News Agency Eskom on Wednesday urged the public to reduce electricity usage as it lost one generation unit each at two of its Mpumalanga power plants this morning. “Eskom requests the public to reduce...

Jul 1, 2020

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ARCOS launches Resource Planner to speed up restoration, boost situational awareness

ARCOS® LLC has launched ARCOS Resource Planner, so utility managers can have one software platform to quickly plan for and see the resources – organized by type and location – they need to restore service. Using Resource...

Jun 30, 2020

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France's Oldest Nuclear Plant Shuts Down - Fessenheim

File photo dated February 9, 2012 of the nuclear powerplant in Fessenheim, eastern France. France's oldest nuclear plant was switched off on Monday, ending four decades of output that built the local economy but also fuelled...

Jun 29, 2020

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FG PARLEYS AFDB TEAM ON $410M TRANSMISSION PROJECTS

The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, yesterday met with the African Development Bank's (AfDB's) officials on the implementation of $410 million power transmission expansion projects. At a virtual meeting he held with the...

Jun 26, 2020

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In New York, the town of Freedom isn’t free from Big Wind #NY

Over the past few years, rural residents from Vermont to Hawaii have been pushing back against the encroachment of large-scale renewable-energy projects and high-voltage transmission lines. These land-use conflicts are...

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