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State Auditor Doubts Energy Efficiency Initiative Wagner State Auditor Tom Wagner says an energy efficiency project involving state buildings in the capital would cost taxpayers $8 million over 20 years but yield energy savings of only $2.7 million. “The possibility of the state breaking even on this agreement is looking...
Ponseti, Kormos Named to EIPC Committee The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative has announced the appointment of Tim Ponseti as chairman of the executive committee for 2016 and Mike Kormos as vice chairman. Ponseti is vice president of transmission operations and power supply for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Kormos is executive...
These Power Bill Savings Aren’t Chicken Scratch The Delmarva Poultry Industry predicts that its new energy-buying group will save chicken producers more than $1 million over the next three years. Poultry producers began seeing those savings in December’s electric bills. The group said more than 200 members will pay 7.78 cents/kWh...
New England Supplies Deemed Adequate New England electricity supplies should be sufficient to meet consumer demand this winter, but constraints on the region’s natural gas pipelines could pose a challenge to reliable fuel supplies for generators, according to ISO-NE. (See ISO-NE: Little Room for Error in Winter.) The region will once...
By Tom Kleckner ERCOT will add about 9,300 MW of additional capacity by 2019, relieving concerns that the grid’s reserve margins would drop as load continued to grow, according to a new analysis. The updated 10-year Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report released last week shows a continuing rise in...
Allen Harim Building 6-Acre Solar Installation Chicken processor Allen Harim broke ground last week on a 1.57-MW solar installation. The 6-acre solar farm will supply about 11% of the energy used by its Harbeson processing facility. The project, which will be connected with Delmarva Power & Light’s grid, will be owned...
By Tom Kleckner ERCOT released its final winter assessment Nov. 2, indicating it has more than sufficient generation to meet an anticipated peak demand of 57,400 MW. The Texas grid operator says it has more than 79,000 MW of generation resources available. ERCOT’s final winter Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy...
Report: EV Use not Growing Fast Enough to Meet State Goals A report by three environmental groups says usage of electric vehicles is growing, but not fast enough to meet goals set in a 2013 memorandum of understanding signed by officials in eight states in the Northeast and Midwest. “Charging...
By Tom Kleckner ERCOT last week released an updated analysis of the Clean Power Plan’s impacts on the Texas grid’s reliability, saying the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule could result in the retirement of at least 4,000 MW of coal-fired generation, beginning as soon as 2022. (Click to zoom) Warren...
Inuit Association Seeks Nunavut Interconnection to Manitoba System The Kivalliq Inuit Association says connecting its remote electric grid in the far northern, and sparsely populated, territory of Nunavut to Manitoba’s hydroelectric power would be a win for the region, despite the estimated $904 million cost. An engineering study commissioned by...
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