Carl Dombek
About the Author
Carl Dombek, senior editor for TransmissionHub, is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience as a broadcast journalist on radio and TV, and as a writer for newspapers, magazines, and the Web.
Prior to joining TransmissionHub, Carl spent five years in the U.S. power industry, including positions at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and the Midwest ISO.
Contact Carl Dombek at CarlD@PennWell.com.
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Columbia, Missouri transmission project poised to advance
Six years after being identified as needed for growth and reliability, routes proposed for the Southern Columbia, Mo., electric transmission project will be discussed at a public hearing in July, then voted on by the city council before moving forward.
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BLM refines preferred route in final EIS for SunZia project
The Bureau of Land Management’s preferred route for the project is 15 miles shorter than the route identified in the draft environmental impact statement, reflecting comments from citizens and other stakeholders.
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SCE sides with ALJ, disagrees with CPUC president, over Tehachapi recommendation
Southern California Edison says placing Segment 8A underground through the city of Chino Hills, Calif., would burden the state’s ratepayers with hundreds of millions in additional, unnecessary costs.
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Slate of SONGS solutions progressing
Several projects that will help California meet high summer demand without the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have been completed, while others are nearing completion.
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California regulators release contradicting proposals for Tehachapi
The proposed order drafted by an administrative law judge calls undergrounding ‘prohibitively expensive;’ an alternate draft by CPUC Chairman Michael Peavey says placing the line above ground is ‘unfair’ and calls for burying the conductor through the city.
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Tillamook, Ore., PUD, seeks to negotiate route dispute
The city of Tillamook and the Tillamook People’s Utility District agreed to delay their proceeding before the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals for more than three months to provide time to work on solutions outside of a formal process.
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Companies file application for second segment of Big Stone South to Brookings project
The 43-mile southern segment of the 345-kV transmission line will connect to the 33-mile northern portion, which was approved in 2007, and together, the segments will connect Big Stone City, S.D., to Brookings, S.D.
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New York regulators axe Galloo Island transmission line application
The application for a 230-kV transmission line proposed to connect a proposed wind farm, which had been stalled for a year and a half, has been formally dismissed by the New York PSC.
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Cal-ISO CEO: SONGS closure will create issues in San Diego, Orange County
Reliability in the rest of the state should not be compromised, as the grid operator expected the plant to be out of service this summer and has been planning for ways to meet the shortfall.
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New England Ratepayers Assn. asks DOE to halt Cape Wind
The consumer advocacy group quoted figures that show the all-in cost of power from the project will be two to five times higher than the average wholesale cost of electricity in the region.
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