Transcript swctgaprfp.ppt

SWCT Gap RFP – Transmission
Considerations
Richard V. Kowalski
Manager, Transmission Planning
ISO New England
SWCT Gap RFP – Transmission
Considerations
• SWCT reliability problems already existing and getting worse
• SWCT problems include:
– Inability to interconnect substantial generation,
– Inability to access existing generation; many conditional
dependencies
• Transmission plan development and implementation was in
progress
• Gap RFP stop-gap measure to mitigate major operating
problems; not an alternative solution
• Emergency use
• Not fully integrated into the system
• Detailed transmission security analyses performed to evaluate
RFP respondents
– Maximize value of the respondent resource
– Avoid respondent resources that have no value or compound the
problem
SWCT Gap RFP – Transmission
Considerations
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