Transmission policy: Planning for and investing in wires

Electricity Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 109-124

  Jimison, John W ^a   White, Bill ^b  

^a DC   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLEAN ENERGY; ENERGY FUTURE; GRID MARKET; GRID OPERATION; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION POLICY;

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EID: 84885424799     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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1. Edison Electric Institute (2013), Transmission Projects: At a Glancehttps://docs.google.com/ viewer?url=http%3A%2 F%2Fwww.eei.org %2Fourissues%2FElectricity Transmission%2FDocuments% 2FTrans_Project_ lowres.pdf
2. Transmission investments are central to two of the five tools identified by NREL for integrating high levels of RE: larger balancing areas and more transmission. Transmission also bolsters a third NREL tool, flexible supply, by enabling diverse renewable resources over large regions to smooth out variability.
3. Siting is not covered in this article, and is being addressed separately in this issue. See Zichella and Hladik, Oct.' 13.
4. Zichella and Hladik, Oct.' 13.
5. Alabama Power Company and Georgia Power Company contracted in December 2012 and April 2013 for significant wind energy purchases from Oklahoma.
6. Midwest Independent System Operator (2012), Multi Value Project Portfolio: Results and Analysis, at https://www.misoenergy.org/ Library/Repository/Study/ Candidate%20MVP%20Analysis/ MVP%20Portfolio%20Analysis% 20Full%20Report.pdf
7. The Federal Power Act, Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the United States Code (entitled ''Federal Regulation and Development of Power") was enacted as the Federal Water Power Act in 1920, and was amended in 1935 to grant the Federal Power Commission (FPC, now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), power over the rates charged for interstate transmission of electricity and wholesale power sold for resale. The fundamental authority over siting and construction of transmission lines, which had emerged as an adjunct to state utility regulation from the beginning of the electric utility industry, was not changed despite the new economic authority of the FPChttp:// www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal12q/ fedpowr.htm
8. NREL did not examine issues at the distribution level, but importantly did not conclude that distributional upgrades would not be needed.
9. Dale Osborn, Jennifer Christensen and Mike Gregerson (2013), Transmission & Wind: Lessons from the Midwest.
10. Nivad Navid (2012), Reserve Requirement Identification with the Presence of Variable Generation, Midwest Independent System Operator, http://www.uwig.org/ San_Diego2012/Navid-Reserve_ Calculation.pdf
11. Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems, Transmission Infrastructure Investment in the U.S. and Canada, May 2011.
12. American Wind Energy Association (2013), AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2012 Market Reporthttp://www.awea.org/ learnabout/publications/reports/ upload/AWEA-Fourth-Quarter- Wind-Energy-Industry-Market- Report_Executive-Summary-4.pdf
13. U.S. Market Installs 723 Megawatts in Q1 2013; Grows 33%Over Last Year, Press Release, Solar Energy Industries Association (2013http://www.seia.org/researchresources/ solar-industry-data
14. National Solar Jobs Census 2012, The Solar Foundation (2012)http://thesolarfoundation.org/ research/national-solar-jobs-census- 2012
15. This figure includes: CalISO, ISONE, NYISO, PJM, MISO, SPP, and ERCOT. Using data from: 2010 ISO/ RTO Metrics Report, ISO/RTO Council, December 2010http://www. isorto.org/site/apps/nlnet/ content2.aspx?c=jhKQIZPBImE b=2708737ct=8961273
16. Criticism for the reform came from PMA customers and their Congressional delegations, who were concerned that such reforms might change their historical preference rights and the resulting economic benefits they enjoy.
17. Midwest Independent System Operator (2012), Multi Value Project Portfolio: Results and Analysishttps://www.misoenergy.org/ Library/Repository/Study/ Candidate%20MVP%20Analysis/ MVP%20Portfolio%20Analysis% 20Full%20Report.pdf
18. SPP Approves Transmission Plan for the Year 2030, Further Development of New Energy Markets, Press Release, Southwest Power Pool, Jan. 26, 2011http://www.spp.org/ publications/ITP20_Marketplace_ Development_Approved.pdf
19. Nevada Co-op Becomes First Out-of-State Utility to Join California Grid, Press Release, California Independent System Operator, Jan. 3, 2013http://www.caiso.com/ Documents/FAQ_NevadaValley ElectricCo-OpJoinsCaliforniaI SOGrid.pdf
20. PacifiCorp (2013), Enhanced Grid Coordination Through Expanded Energy Imbalance Market, Press Release, at http://www.pacificorp. com/about/newsroom/2013nrl/ egcteeim.html
21. Kevin Bullis (2012), ABB Advance Makes Renewable Energy Supergrids Practical, MIT TECH. REVhttp:// www.technologyreview.com/news/ 507331/abb-advance-makesrenewable- energy-supergridspractical/
22. Synchrophasor Technologies for a Better Grid, SmartGrid.org (2012http://www.smartgrid.gov/ case_study/news/synchrophasor_ technologies_better_grid
23. Judy W. Chang, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger and J. Michael Hagerty (2013), The Benefits of Electric Transmission: Identifying and Analyzing the Value of Investments, performed for WIRES Group by the Brattle Group, at http://www.brattle.com/ _documents/UploadLibrary/ Upload1153.pdf
24. These incentive rates would, of course, be controversial. FERC should be ready and able to win a debate about whether the attributed benefits of clean energy would truly more than offset the real costs of the incentives.
25. Hogan, Oct.' 13.