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.
1882 - The first distribution systems are built in Manhattan and New Jersey. These systems use direct current over copper wiring.
1896 - The first alternating current line is built to connect Niagara Falls to Buffalo, NY.
1907 - Commonwealth Edison become the first to consolidate power companies into one unit.
1914 - By the end of the year, 43 states have regulatory commissions with oversight of electric utilities.
1932 - By the end of the year, eight large holding companies control about three-quarters of the investor-owned utility business. Many of these holding companies cross state lines.
1960 - 1969 - Declining electricity prices make it cheaper to make electricity. The number of miles of high-voltage transmission lines tripled from 10 years earlier to more than 60,000 circuit miles.
1935 - The first federal regulation of the electric power industry - the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) - is signed by President Roosevelt. This act creates a) vertically integrated utilities in monopoly service areas and b) the Federal Power Act that gives Federal Power Commission jurisdiction over transmission. Siting of generation and transmission, and electrical rates, remains under state control.
1978 - The Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) is passed, mandating utilities to buy power from companies that were not utilities. This spawns non-utility power generators and a need for more access to the transmission system.
1992 - The Energy Policy Act (EPACT) is based. It mandates that all generators get access to the transmission grid for the same price the utility would charge itself for access to the grid.
1995 to present - FERC passes several orders to better enforce EPACT:
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