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Report: PG&E failed to deal with some trees near power lines

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 16, 2019 7:45 pm GMT

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A California utility blamed for some of the state's most devastating recent wildfires failed to clear away thousands of trees that posed a threat to power lines, according to a report from a court-appointed monitor that was made public Wednesday.

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Scientists Are Zapping Fake Electrical Grids to Help Us Survive an EMP Attack - The Crux

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 9, 2019 7:33 pm GMT

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Interesting story about electromagnetic pulses and the possible damage they can do to transmission grids.

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Interesting quick read. It sounds like a good start to protecting the grid is putting control houses in well grounded metal structures, which I would assume is already happening in most locations. I suppose structures of other non-conductive materials could be retrofitted with a Faraday cage on the interior or exterior somehow.

Thanks for the insights-- how frequently along the grid do you think these type of control houses would need to be placed?

I was referring to the control houses already within the substations. So, they are typically already there to provide all the switching and protection of the substation. I would assume that the remotely operated or SCADA controlled substations would be at more risk than ones with operators on-site (due to the increased risk on communicaton pathways and equipment off-site) , but...

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CMP power line approval ‘replete with errors,’ company says in appeal

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 7, 2019 5:00 pm GMT

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An energy company that wants to derail a proposed 145-mile transmission line across Maine says the state Public Utilities Commission's approval is "replete with errors."NextEra Energy Resources' appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court accuses..

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PG&E rejects report it ignored power line wildfire threat

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 2, 2019 5:51 pm GMT

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In its rebuttal, PG&E acknowledged it had proposed replacing 60 towers on the line to meet a federal requirement for utilities nationwide to identify areas where conductors may be sagging too close to vegetation or to each other and address..

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Big cities face power shortage after fuel-tax hike

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 1, 2019 5:00 pm GMT

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Sweden's introduction today of a tax aimed at phasing out the nation's last remaining coal and gas plants to curb global warming comes with an unintended consequence for some of its biggest cities.Hiking threefold a levy on fossil fuels used at..

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Arizona wants utilities to compete with each other for customers

Transmission Professionals Group - Aug 1, 2019 3:05 am GMT

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The Arizona Corporation Commission is holding a two-day discussion on whether utilities should compete with each other for customers. Community choice aggregators (CCAs) could compete with utilities for larger loads, according to the proposal...

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My mistake, Rakesh-- I thought I had included a link! Here it is: https://tcaptx.com/reports/snapshot-report-electricity-prices-texas-may-2019-2

"The areas that are now deregulated had been paying more prior to deregulation (partially why such a measure was enacted in those areas), but they have declined more in the years since than the still regulated areas." I think you have it backwards, Matt:

Larkspur Rate Schedule - great resource, Rakesh. The biggest addition to MCE's bill is a charge from PG&E for "Power Service Indifference Adjustment". Do customers who've decided on a service provider get charged for the ones who can't make up their minds?

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PG&E and the 50 Basis Point RTO Adder

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 28, 2019 8:00 am GMT

In ER14-2529, in a series of Commission orders, FERC granted PG&E’s requests for a 50-basis point return-on-equity (ROE) adder to its transmission rates (RTO-Participation Incentive) for its continuing membership in CAISO.

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Paul, call it "Enron, Part Deux." California, as it attempts to establish a policy of clumsy regulated-deregulation in the wake of PG&E's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, edges ever-closer to an economic abyss foreseen by many before key federal legislation was repealed in 2005.

He went on to state that FERC’s current approach to incentivizing RTO participation hands transmission owners across the country hundreds of millions of dollars every year with little indication that any of that money makes a meaningful difference in their decisions to enter or remain in an RTO, and FERC must carefully review whether the RTO-Participation Incentive remains money well...

Matt, how could FERC ensure it's "money well-spent" with no strings attached? Handing money to a utility monopoly to "do what's right" only gives them an incentive to gouge ratepayers to their heart's content. This will not end well.

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5 units of Ghorashal Power Plant out of order

Aug 5, 2019

Technical glitches forced five out of seven units of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant to suspend operation. Mir Ruhul Kuddus, the plant's Chief Engineer, said the glitches will be gradually fixed. 'Unit 1, which was shut down on...

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Indiana Michigan Power: Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Returned to Service

Jul 26, 2019

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, July 25 -- Indiana Michigan Power, a unit of the American Electric Power, issued the following news release:After a brief forced outage, Indiana Michigan Power's Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 was returned to...

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Power outages severely erode companies’ productive capacity

Jul 19, 2019

Cloudine Matola SURFACE Wilmar, one of Zimbabwe’s largest cooking oil producers, says power outages, poor industrial policies and lack of competitiveness are hampering the country from attracting investors. Speaking during a...

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Experts say blackout in Argentina should have been limited

Jun 18, 2019

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — As authorities in Argentina try to figure out why electricity surged on a transmission line and touched off a massive blackout covering three nations, experts say power companies should have spotted...

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Dairyland Power took its coal plant offline because of flooding. It may cost less to buy power from the grid

Jun 13, 2019

Dairyland Power Cooperative took its coal-fired power plant in Genoa offline at the beginning of June to avoid fuel shortages caused by the lack of barges carrying coal up a flooded Mississippi River. Instead, the La...

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30 years ago, voters forced shutdown of Rancho Seco nuclear plant in Sacramento County

Jun 6, 2019

June 06-- Jun. 6--June 6 is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, but in Sacramento, the date has another important meaning. Thursday is the 30th anniversary of the vote that permanently closed down the Rancho Seco nuclear power...

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EDF Energy expects UK nuclear plant where cracks found will reopen

Jun 6, 2019

LONDON, June 7 EDF Energy said on Friday it was confident its Hunterston B nuclear plant in Scotland would eventually reopen, having been offline since last year after cracks were discovered in the reactor's graphite core....

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