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Energy-Storage Projects Help States Upgrade to Smart Grid
by
Rick Laezman
| May 2010
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  • Systems

In the national advance toward a comprehensive smart grid, one technology is emerging as an integral component.

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Improved Transmission Coming to Eastern Maine
by
Rick Laezman
| February 2010
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  • Systems

While giant steps are being taken on the national stage to upgrade the nation’s electricity transmission system and migrate to renewable power, smaller but no less important projects are underway on the local and regional level to help complete the transformation. Case in point: Eastern Maine.

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New Transmission Line to Help Renewable Energy in Illinois and Indiana
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Mike Breslin
| February 2010
| under
  • Systems

The 160-mile, 345-kilovolt (kV) LaSalle Transmission Project, intended to connect Indiana and Illinois, is underway. It will connect three existing 345-kV substations operated by the PJM Regional Transmission Operator.

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Investment in Transmission Line Projects Gives Wind Power the Stimulus It Needs
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Rick Laezman
| August 2009
| under
  • Systems

Wind power may have the potential to drastically alter our nation’s electricity consumption and reduce harmful emissions of greenhouse gases, but it will be of little use to energy consumers if the power generated can’t travel easily from the turbine to the plug.

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Study Estimates $80 Billion Needed to Build Transmission Infrastructure
by
Mike Breslin
| August 2009
| under
  • Systems

Private and government energy experts have long agreed that major upgrades are sorely needed for our nation’s electric transmission infrastructure—-particularly for the Eastern Interconnection, a vast area composed of all the states east of the Rocky Mountains, with the exception of Texas, which is

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High-Voltage DC Transmission May Be Lifeline for New York City Area
by
Mike Breslin
| March 2009
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  • Systems

New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI), a private company, is trying to build a 190-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line from upstate New York to just outside New York City.

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AEP: Extra-High Voltage Transmission Needed for Renewable Energy
January 2009
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  • Systems

American Electric Power (AEP) is evaluating the feasibility of building a multistate, extra-high-voltage transmission project across the northern Midwest to support the development of renewable energy.

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Trans-Allegheny Transmission Line Clears Another Hurdle
by
Rick Laezman
| January 2009
| under
  • Systems

Last month, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR reported that the Virginia State Corporation Commission authorized construction of the Virginia segments of the Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line (TrAIL). Now, the Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co.

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India, Sri Lanka Go Deep for Power Transmission Project
December 2008
| under
  • Your Business

India and Sri Lanka firmed up plans to lay a 285-km undersea power transmission line between the two nations at an estimated cost of $450 million. The project started in November 2008.

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The ABCs of PoE
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| October 2008
| under
  • Your Business

According to Daniel Feldman, Technical Chair of the Ethernet Alliance’s PoE subcommittee, the base definition of power over Ethernet (PoE) is, “a technology that allows for the powering of devices through Ethernet cables.” At this time, IEEE 802.3AF is the de facto standard.

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Down the Line
by
Chuck Ross
| September 2008
| under
  • Systems

Utility planners who have been warning of a looming crisis in the U.S. electricity-transmission system for the last decade or so now may have a new weapon in their ongoing battle to expand transmission capacity.

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PJM: Transmission Vital to Support Nation's Energy Goals
September 2008
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  • Systems

PJM Interconnection President and CEO Terry Boston testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that transmission is the enabler of virtually all of the energy goals Congress is considering.

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Proposed Power Plant Would Aid Southeast Texas Area
September 2008
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  • Your Business

According to a report conducted by The Perryman Group, an economic and financial analysis firm based in Waco, Texas, the construction and operation of Exelon’s proposed nuclear power facility in Southeast Texas would not just increase energy reliability.

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