Entergy's Louisiana Utilities File Formal Request with Public Service Commission to Join MISO
With an eye on meeting the future energy needs of their customers, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. have filed a joint application with the Louisiana Public Service Commission seeking to join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc....
Clean Line Energy Signs MOU with Tennessee Valley Authority
Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC announces a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Plains & Eastern Clean Line,...
ABB Wins $50 Million Order to Make Quebec's Grid More Energy Efficient
ABB has won an order worth more than US$50 million from Hydro-Qubec to upgrade vital components of Canada's leading power utility's ultra-high voltage...
Industry Leaders Successfully Demonstrate Transmission Voltage Superconductor Fault Current Limiter
Nexans, Siemens and Amerian Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) announce the successful qualification of a transmission voltage resistive fault current limiter...
ISO New England Releases Regional Power Grid Look-Ahead
ISO New England Inc. has released the 2011 Regional System Plan, a comprehensive report on New England’s electric power system, including progress to date, an outline of transmission upgrades and resource additions needed to provide a reliable supply of electricity, and challenges and opportunities facing the region through 2020. ...
FERC Sets New Compensation Method for Regulation Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) acted today to remedy undue discrimination and ensure just and reasonable rates for providers of a service that organized wholesale power market operators use to balance supply and demand and ensure the reliability of their systems. ...
FERC Reaffirms Approval of Midwest ISO Transmission Planning Process
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reaffirmed its approval of a proposal by the Midwest regional wholesale power market operator to plan and pay for transmission additions that provide benefits to consumers in the region....
Coalition Urges Congress to Review 'Deficiencies' in FERC Order 1000
The Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy today told the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power that costs of new transmission projects driven by economic needs or public policy requirements must be allocated to customers in a manner proportional to the measurable benefits that customers receive from those projects....
CL&P to Upgrade Lines in Manchester, Connecticut
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P), part of Northeast Utilities, broke ground today, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, on a 2.7-mile transmission line upgrade on an existing utility right-of-way between West Center Street and Burnham Street in Manchester....
Atlantic City Electric Cancels Plans for Vineland-Area Line
JM Interconnection, the region’s electric grid operator, recently completed an analysis of the Atlantic City Electric transmission system and has determined that construction of the proposed Minotola-to-Lincoln 138 kilovolt transmission line is no longer needed to maintain the reliability of the system.As a result Atlantic City Electric is cancelling plans for the line. ...
DOE and FERC Issue Joint Public Statement on Back Stop Siting
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced his decision that the Department of Energy will work more closely with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in reviewing proposed electric transmission projects under section 216 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as an alternative to delegating additional authority to FERC. ...
PPL Electric Utilities Chooses Route for New Power Line
PPL Electric Utilities has chosen a route for a new power line as part of a project to improve electric service for homes and businesses in northeast Pennsylvania and the Poconos....
Feds to Accelerate Transmission Line Permitting
The Obama Administration today announced it would accelerate the permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines. ...
ATC Releases 2011 Transmission Planning Assessment
American Transmission Co. today released its 10-Year Transmission System Assessment, calling for $3.8 to $4.4 billion in new and upgraded lines and facilities through 2020....
Form and Function
Who could have guessed how much the basic concept of a utility pole would change since its origin? It used to be that trees were converted to telegraph...
Wood, Steel and Concrete
Transmission towers and distribution poles have become such a part of the landscape they are barely noticed anymore, but that does not mean wood, steel...
Composites Take the Field
Composite material is rapidly gaining acceptance for the fabrication of poles and crossarms throughout the utility industry. This technology is considered...
Michels Power Completes Rapid Underwater Reinstallation
Replacing downed power poles in the wake of a storm is business as usual for most electrical contractors. Designing a custom solution and completing the...
Western Electricity Coordinating Council Affirms MSTI Transmission Line's Path Rating
The Western Electricity Coordinating Council has notified NorthWestern Energy that the Mountain States Transmission Intertie has been approved to carry up to 1,500 MW of electricity north-to-south and up to 1,100 MW south-to-north. ...
ERCOT Board Recommends Approval of ETT Proposed Transmission Line from Laredo into Rio Grande Valley
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors has endorsed and deemed "critical to reliability" a 345-kV transmission project proposed by Electric Transmission Texas LLC from the Laredo area into the Lower Rio Grande Valley....
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