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The PJM region might need to *double* its energy output by 2040, thanks to rising demand from electrification, data centers, & manufacturing, plus more frequent extreme weather. A new report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) explores how PJM can improve its long-term transmission planning to be sure it's capable of meeting this challenge. ACEG explains why proactive, scenario-based transmission planning will be critical for PJM — and why it's important to use the best available data to support this planning. View the report here: https://lnkd.in/gMd_vE3D

A more effective grid will use advanced transmission technologies, as latest FERC planning rule depicts. Check the article below from WATT coalition for additional details. FERC's original fact sheet: https://lnkd.in/eUCBe96s #AdvancedConductors #GETs #TransmissionPlanning #DOE #FERC

Efficient, fair, and transparent markets are essential as we move forward in the #CleanEnergy transition. Western Power Pool was one of six projects recently selected through the Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement Program to receive funding to improve state and regional engagement in wholesale electricity markets. Learn more about their project and goals below. 💵 Amount: $1.8 million ✅ Goal: Conduct planning analyses across the Western Interconnection to produce 10-year and 20-year transmission plans, which will identify benefits for western states and tribes to achieve their respective energy goals, as well as improved interregional transmission planning. Learn more about the selectees: https://lnkd.in/eSNc35W9

US electricity load growth forecast jumps 81% led by data centers, industry: Grid Strategies Data from FERC Form 714 shows grid planners expect nationwide power demand to grow 4.7% over the next five years, compared to a previous estimate of 2.6%. The report, “The Era of Flat Power Demand is Over,” is likely the first nationwide compilation of utility load forecasts and starkly illustrates the electric sector challenges ahead. @utilitydive #grid #energy #powerdemand Full article: https://lnkd.in/dJiquN3c

The recent 1300-page ruling by FERC represents a significant step towards modernizing the US electrical grid, mandating long-term regional transmission planning, and addressing investment deficiencies. The ruling requires utilities to engage in collaborative planning every five years, focusing on a 20-year horizon to ensure a reliable, cost-effective grid. Challenges such as regulatory delays, market monopolies, and political opposition remain, but the order aims to enhance grid capacity and integrate renewable energy. Are there ways that you can think of that stakeholders can best navigate these changes to accelerate the energy transition? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section, we will be looking for them.#EnergyPolicy #RenewableEnergy #GridModernization #FERC https://lnkd.in/eV2N8Hqd

Proven technology... More deep diving and accolades about the advantages of GETS, to support our Transmission infrastructure!

"Looking forward to potential advancements in transmission technologies, FERC is ordering transmission operators to consider dynamic line ratings, advanced power flow control devices, advanced conductors and other grid enhancing options, which the WATT Coalition has dubbed as cost-effective tools for increasing grid capacity and improving grid flexibility." Read more from Iulia Gheorghiu in Daily Energy Insider: https://lnkd.in/gHyhKe_v

After months of work and public meetings, 15 clean energy and grid experts submitted a report to the Massachusetts legislature with recommendations to expand transmission capacity and support the clean energy transition – and highlighting Grid Enhancing Technologies: “Transmission operators can utilize these [GETs] to implement a transmission loading order approach [...] to create additional headroom for the interconnection of electricity generation assets.” Their recommendation in the short term is that Massachusetts: “Support a regional analysis of ATTs, informed by experience to-date with the implementation of FERC Order 881. If after appropriate analysis planners determine that ATTs offer a more cost-effective strategy to achieve the Commonwealth’s transmission goals, any needed tariff rules should be developed to facilitate the deployment of ATTs.” All three types of GETs – Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR), Advanced Power Flow Control (APFC), and Topology Optimization – have a role to play in the #EnergyTransition. The report notes that: DLRs “often yield transmission line capacity ratings significantly higher than either Static Ratings or Ambient Adjusted Ratings, and thus provide an opportunity to safely and optimally utilize existing transmission system capacity that had previously gone unused.” In a two-year pilot by National Grid in MA, DLR exceeded static line ratings 94-97% of the time and yielded an average increase of 47% in line capacity compared to static line ratings, and a 31% increase compared to Ambient Adjusted Ratings. APFC improves on legacy Power Flow Control devices “with enhancements such as faster and more flexible deployment options, easy scaling to meet the size of the need, and the ability to relocate hardware when needed elsewhere on the grid.” Topology Optimization, developed in MA by NewGrid, “increases the transfer capacity of the grid, and decreases the need to curtail power generating resources” by evenly distributing power traffic over a network. https://lnkd.in/egBP8xAA  Jason Marshall James Van Nostrand Ashley Gagnon Mike Barrett Brooke M. Thomson Douglas Howgate Joseph LaRusso Ronald DeCurzio Hilary Pearson Johannes Pfeifenberger Liz Delaney Sheila Keane Barry Ahern Dave Burnham