The existing transmission in the I-5 corridor between Seattle and Portland appears sufficient to handle extreme contingencies, including natural gas curtailments at times of high demand, a ColumbiaGrid study concludes.
The American Wind Energy Association said wind power projects totaling 127,071 MW were in the interconnection queue at the end of 2012, a decrease from the roughly 197,000 MW of wind power capacity in the queue at the end of 2011.
FERC noted that a recurring cause in many blackouts has been vegetation-related outages, and one of the initiating causes of the 2003 Northeast blackout was inadequate vegetation management that led to tree contact.
The first phase of the Tres Amigas project, a 750-MW connection between the Southwest Power Pool and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, is expected to take 36 months to complete, according to Tres Amigas CEO Phil Harris.
An administrative law judge at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 4 filed a recommended approval with the commission for Public Service Co. of Colorado to cancel a plan to convert the coal-fired Arapahoe Unit 3 to a synchronous condenser.
The organizations have issued an RFP for a tool that would allow users to access, analyze, and manipulate historical power flow data to more efficiently plan for the development of the Western transmission grid.
Stakeholders within ColumbiaGrid will meet to discuss steps taken and steps measured to comply with FERC Order 1000 in order to satisfy the order’s mandate regarding interregional compliance.
The organizations have issued an RFP for a tool that would allow users to access, analyze, and manipulate historical power flow data to more efficiently plan for the development of the Western transmission grid.
A draft study by a ColumbiaGrid study team shows crucial interfaces would be able to import generation to serve load centers of Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., if local generation was forced off-line due to natural gas limitations.
Integrated resource plan filed May 31 includes plans for additional wind generation in locations already served by transmission.
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