Transcript PJM Backbone Transmission System

Transmission Planning
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PJM Interconnection LLC
Paul McGlynn
Director, System Planning
PJM Interconnection
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PJM as Part of the Eastern Interconnection
• 27% of generation in
Eastern Interconnection
KEY STATISTICS
PJM member companies
800+
millions of people served
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peak load in megawatts
165,492
MWs of generating capacity
183,604
miles of transmission lines
62,556
2012 GWh of annual energy
793,679
generation sources
1,376
square miles of territory
243,417
area served
13 states + DC
externally facing tie lines
191
• 28% of load in Eastern Interconnection
• 20% of transmission assets in
Eastern Interconnection
21% of U.S. GDP
produced in PJM
As of 6/1/2013
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PJM Backbone Transmission System
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Total RTEP
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RTEP Development Drivers
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Transmission Drivers - Public Policy
• Generation Retirement Drivers
– EPA Regulations
– HEDD Regulations
– Other Environmental Regulations
• Generation Addition Drivers
– Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Wind Generation Development
• Solar Generation Development
– Marcellus Shale
• Demand Response / Energy Efficiency Programs
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Generation Retirement Announcements
As of 7/15/2013
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Generation Deactivations
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Forecasted Reserves in PJM
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Load Deliverability Test
Test -- Transmission system’s capability to
deliver energy from aggregate of all
capacity resources to an electrical area
experiencing a capacity deficiency.
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Generator Deliverability Test
Strength of the transmission system to ensure
that the aggregate of generators in a given area
can be reliably transferred to the rest of PJM.
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Changing Composition of PJM Resources
• The “Gasification” of PJM continues…
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Composition of Active Queue Projects
MW Capacity Value
Coal
2,188
Nuclear
2,556
Other
1,934
Natural Gas
Wind
Coal
Wind
2,623
Nuclear
Other
Natural Gas
43,701
Coal
2,201
MW Energy Value
Nuclear
2,696
Other
4,542
Wind
17,293
Natural Gas
45,722
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Queued Generation
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RPS Study Overlay
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Questions?
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