The electric system improvements to Ann Arbor region will enhance the reliability of electric service to the area and create additional capacity to support growth throughout the region. Construction continues on schedule and is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2018.
ITC Holdings Inc. and CIPCO share an integrated system area in Iowa to transmit electricity to residents in both rural and urban areas. Gary Slaby, vice president utility operations for CIPCO, details the partnership and its benefits.
WIRES recently applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to proceed on Grid Resiliency, asserting that a robust transmission grid offers resource diversity and operational flexibility that is critically important to prevent, mitigate and recover from service disruptions.
ITC’s operational excellence continues as it recorded a .5 incident rate in 2017 compared to the EEI average of 1.5. The lost work day rate at .15 was also considerably lower than the EEI average of .45.
ITC partnered with the Michigan Science Center to host a special Arbor Day program for students throughout Michigan. The program will highlight the museum’s new ECHO Distance Learning Program that uses video conferencing to connect classrooms to a museum educator in real time.
ITC provides all generation resources with non-discriminatory access to its transmission systems, and we support a national Renewable Portfolio Standard as this would provide clarity for broad-based, regional planning.
As the nation’s energy picture changes – driven by the sources of energy and where it needs to go to serve customers – supportive transmission infrastructure needs to be part of the planning equation.
As the profile of renewable energy grows, the power transmission grid that supports its delivery to load centers – which can be hundreds of miles away from the source – must be modernized.
The intermittent nature of renewable resources like wind and solar necessitates a robust transmission grid that can better support these types of generation. Additional transmission infrastructure including interconnections, substations and new or upgraded lines are required to support renewable energy development.
Transmission infrastructure typically takes much longer to develop than renewable generation, so the planning of these interdependent components needs to be closely coordinated.