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West Texas Needs Electricity: The Congested Transmission Problem

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 19, 2019

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is contending with transmission congestion issues as West Texas electricity peak demand has increased tenfold in the past decade.

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Eric, it's wonderful clean energy from the wind can be used to pull dirty energy from the ground, but I'm not sure exactly why. Can you explain?

Because the alternative is worse? The oil companies will be producing oil as long as it's economically viable, but since it's such an energy intensive industry we should of course work to get their energy consumption to be cleaner. Unless the alternative is a leg of the 'keep it in the ground' push, which would have a long way to go before there's any headway in that...

False dichotomy, Matt. There's more than one alternative to using wind + gas (it's a package deal, and it could be worse than coal given the gas industry's 2.3% leakage rate). A true dichotomy: leave it in the ground, or succumb to destruction of climate with fossil fuels. And no, distractions like "a little renewable energy here, a little...

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FERC and NERC Issue Report on January 2018 Extreme Cold Weather Event

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 18, 2019

FERC and NERC today released a joint staff report that once again stresses the need for generation owners and operators to adequately prepare for winter weather conditions to ensure bulk electric system reliability. On January 17, 2018, regional..

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Ambitious plan to power Singapore with solar farm 4,000km away

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 15, 2019

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4000 km of T&D to power Singapore-- now that's a fascinating engineering/T&D challenge!

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Chester Energy and Policy

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Nevada Electric Utility Expects Outages in Mount Charleston

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 12, 2019

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In wake of California wildfires and resultant issues for PG&E I totally understand the caution, but worry if the proper cost/benefit of the disruptions are weighed-- will these outages cause panic? Issues for low income/elderly/sick homes?..

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Chester Energy and Policy

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Training Commercial UAV (Drone) Pilots

Measure - Jul 9, 2019

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Drones are being adopted across the energy industry, including for inspection of transmission and distribution lines, poles, and towers. They can also inspect solar and wind farms, traditional power plants, and construction sites.

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FERC Approves ROE Settlement for AEP West Companies

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 1, 2019

AEP West companies receive 10% ROE on transmission investments

, CEO

Dumais Consulting

The Settlement resolves all matters at issue in the complaint involving the base return on equity (ROE) component to be used in the AEP West Companies’ transmission formula rate templates in SPP’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). Do you have any background reading on this case you would recommend, Paul?

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FERC Approves Settlement with ROE of 10.6%

Transmission Professionals Group - Jul 1, 2019

Southern Companies ROE on transmission set at 10.6%

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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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Pilgrim's shutdown ends nuclear power era in Massachusetts

May 31, 2019

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — It will take about five hours for the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth to permanently shut down on Friday after 47 years of generating electricity. Entergy announced in 2015 it would retire...

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Nuclear Industry Association Issues Statement on International Energy Agency Report

May 29, 2019

LONDON, England, May 28 -- The Nuclear Industry Association issued the following statement in response to an International Energy Agency report: "The International Energy Agency has confirmed what many have been warning for...

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