Energy Transmission Articles & Analysis

Tri-State’s members and rural communities across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming will benefit from a reliable, affordable and responsible energy transition supported with $2.5 billion in low-cost financing and grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. In an announcement at Tri-State’s headquarters in Westminster, ...

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New York Transco submitted Energy Link NY electric transmission proposals to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week for the delivery of clean energy from future offshore wind facilities to New Yorkers' homes and businesses.Energy Link NY proposed solution sets were developed in response to the NYISO's New York City Offshore Wind Public Policy Transmission Need Project ...

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Con Edison Chairman and CEO Tim Cawley addressed the company's shareholders this week, outlining plans to support New York's transition to clean energy and execute on investments that will enable the company to grow its business."Never have the effects of climate change been more evident," Cawley said in a virtual presentation. "And never has the need for solutions been more urgent. To meet this ...

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A new report from ISO New England projects regional electricity consumption will increase by about 17% over the next decade, driven primarily by the accelerating electrification of heating systems and transportation. Load forecasters at the ISO examined expected economic growth, historical weather patterns, projected adoption of technology like distributed solar photovoltaics (PV), electric ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy is amending its list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant environmental impacts, qualify for the simplest form of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). DOE is simplifying the environmental review process for certain energy storage systems such as battery systems, transmission line upgrades, ...

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U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) this week introduced two bills to bolster the nation’s power grid by improving data and models to better understand and predict electric reliability.More granular data is needed to better understand weather impacts on energy resources and demands, especially as extreme weather events exacerbated by climate ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Jan 4) announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters, and climate-change fueled extreme weather events. This new competitive funding opportunity will be ...

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With the completion of the Operational Impact of Extreme Weather Events study, a first-of-its-kind analysis examining how the region's power system would fare under stressful weather and operational conditions, ISO New England has delivered a detailed snapshot of energy shortfall risks in 2027 and 2032. Energy shortfalls happen when the region's electricity supply falls below consumer demand. ...

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As part of the President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the U.S. Department of Energy this week (Oct 30) announced up to a $1.3 billion commitment in three transmission lines crossing six states. This commitment, made possible by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will advance transformative projects aimed at adding 3.5 gigawatts of additional grid ...

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Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Aug 11) announced the availability of $11 million in funding through the fourth round of the Future Grid Challenge for projects that identify solutions to the technical challenges of integrating a changing energy resource mix into the electric grid. The announcement also included more than $5 million in project awards under the third round of the challenge. ...

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Transgrid has released a comprehensive energy roadmap revealing the unprecedented challenges and the $16.5 billion investment required to keep the lights on and achieve NSW's rapid transformation to a cleaner, cheaper energy future.The System Security Roadmap outlines the NSW Transmission Network Service Provider's detailed plan to grow the state's power system and ensure the secure operation of ...

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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced this week (June 20) that its Board of Directors has selected a transmission project to meet the Long Island Offshore Wind Export Public Policy Transmission Need (Long Island Need). The selected transmission project, Propel Alternate Solution 5, will ultimately benefit energy consumers by providing transmission capability to deliver at ...

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NextEra Energy this week (June 14) announced Real Zero, the most ambitious carbon-emissions-reduction goal ever set by an energy producer, committing to eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by no later than 2045, while leveraging low-cost renewables to drive energy affordability for customers. Reaching the goal would require significant investment by the company and transform its ...

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Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on coordination between transmission and distribution system operators in collaboration with Equigy. In December 2022, Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on the coordination between a transmission system operator and distribution system operators regarding the use of distributed energy resources such as batteries, heat ...

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Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has completed a grid connection for a 19.8-megawatt solar project located at a former landfill property in Mount Olive, New Jersey, that is now delivering clean energy through FirstEnergy's transmission lines. For the past year, JCP&L has worked with the project's developer to construct a grid connection point ...

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In future, a single grid connection will transport up to two gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power to the onshore power grid. This is made possible by converter systems provided by Siemens Energy and Spanish company Dragados Offshore. The German transmission system operator Amprion has awarded the world's first order for two of these systems to the consortium. In total, up to four gigawatts of ...

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Fluence Energy, a global provider of energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage, and Litgrid, the Lithuanian transmission system operator, won a prestigious international S&P Global Energy Award 2022 in the Grid Edge category. The award was given for a battery-based energy storage-as-transmission pilot project deployed in Lithuania by Litgrid and ...

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The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced $13 billion in new financing opportunities for the expansion and modernization of the nation’s electric grid. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Grid Resilience Innovative Partnership (GRIP) program and the Transmission Facilitation Program together represent the largest ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 30) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on the $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program to enhance the resilience and reliability of America's electric grid. The RFI seeks information from states, Tribes, communities, utilities, project developers, and other key stakeholders to help refine the funding ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy this week released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector and within key energy technologies. The report covers 2021, an unprecedented and unpredictable year for American families and businesses as the country began its slow recovery from the impacts of the ...

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