ISO New England faces challenges to electrical grid

[unhappycamper]

http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20141011/NEWS/141019368/1994/NEWS

ISO New England faces challenges to electrical grid

From a closely guarded control room in Holyoke, analysts forecast the region’s electrical usage, directing power plants to fire up or wind down as they strive to maintain a constant level of electricity along New England’s 8,500 miles of high voltage power lines.

The future holds new challenges for ISO New England, which oversees the electrical grid from Maine to Connecticut. The annual forward capacity market meeting that will be held in February, looking at power generation capability for the 2017-2018 season, will for the first time include a deficit.

“There’s always a risk that what comes in isn’t sufficient to cover what’s leaving, but we hope that through the market process you do get that interest in development, and we hope that those resources do get developed and built,” said ISO New England Vice President of External Affairs Anne George.

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In total, 3,393 megawatts of power generation plan to decommission over the next five years, representing more than 10 percent of New England’s roughly 31,000 megawatts of generating capacity.

[Demeter]

1. wow. that's important news. Thanks!