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 believes in a comprehensive planning approach to developing HVDC solutions in support of the AC infrastructure that ensures ongoing reliability, security and the ultimate cost-effective delivery of energy.
ITC applies its expertise in solving energy challenges to address transmission needs beyond the domestic footprint.
ITC works across all RTOs and non-RTO service territories, to identify partnerships and strategic business alliances with existing transmission owners (municipal, cooperative or investor-owned utilities).
ITC works with energy partners to identify commercial development opportunities to build new transmission lines required for improving reliability, reducing cost of delivered power and accessing renewable energy sources.
ITC’s track record of success is demonstrated by the successful acquisitions of ITCTransmission, METC and ITC Midwest.
ITC Great Plains’ green field development in Kansas and Oklahoma marked the creation of the first new utility in America in 100 years.
The ITC Lake Erie Connector Project is a 1,000 MW bi-directional HVDC submarine transmission line that will provide the first direct electrical connection between Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and PJM Interconnection, LLC, the regional transmission organization which, as part of the Eastern Interconnection in the U.S., coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia. Visit the ITC Lake Erie Connector Project site
Through our ITC Interconnection team, we work closely with those interested in connecting to the transmission grid by facilitating load interconnections that can improve reliability and reduce costs of delivered power while we also handling operations, maintenance and NERC compliance for those facilities. Learn More About ITC Interconnection LLC Standards of Conduct ITC Interconnection Planning Criteria