Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

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NERC defines the bulk electric system as follows: As defined by the Regional Reliability Organization, the electrical generation resources, transmission lines, interconnections with neighboring systems, and associated equipment, generally operated at voltages of 100 kV or higher. Radial transmission facilities serving only load with one transmission source are generally not included in this definition. 12 In an order issued Nov. 18, 2010, FERC directed NERC to revise the definition of the term “bulk electric system” through its Reliability Standards Development Process to address the FERC’s policy and technical concerns and ensure that the definition encompasses all facilities necessary for operating an interconnected electric transmission network pursuant to Section 215 of the Federal Power Act. FERC believes the best way to accomplish these goals is to eliminate the regional discretion in the current definition, maintain a bright-line threshold that includes all facilities operated at or above 100 kV except defined radial facilities, and establish an exemption process and criteria for excluding facilities that are not necessary for operating the interconnected transmission network. However, FERC’s Final Rule allowed NERC to develop an alternative proposal for addressing FERC’s concerns with the present definition. Any such alternative must be as equally efficient and effective as FERC’s suggested approach in addressing the identified technical and other concerns, and may not result in a reduction in reliability. 13 FERC noted that there is a strong technical justification for a standard 100-kV threshold, pointing out that facilities rated at 115 kV and 138 kV have either caused or contributed to significant bulk electric system disturbances and cascading outages. NERC has requested public comments on a new procedure for facility-by-facility determinations of inclusions or exclusions to the bulk electric system not otherwise resolved through the application of the definition of “bulk electric system.” Figure 1 provides a map of the eight NERC Regional Entities. 12 NERC, “Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards.” 13 Docket No. RM09-18-000; Order No. 743. Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania 2010-15 3
Figure 1 NERC regions Note: The highlighted area between SPP and SERC denotes overlapping regional area boundaries. For example, some load-serving entities participate in one region and their associated transmission owner/operators in another. FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council MRO Midwest Reliability Organization NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council Inc. RFC ReliabilityFirst Corporation SERC SERC Reliability Corporation SPP Southwest Power Pool Inc. TRE Texas Reliability Entity Inc. WECC Western Electricity Coordinating Council 4 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
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Page 4 and 5: E xecutive Summar y Introduction Se
Page 6 and 7: Contents Section 1 - Introduction P
Page 8 and 9: Section 1 - Introduction Purpose El
Page 12 and 13: ReliabilityFirst Corporation The re
Page 14 and 15: PJM manages a sophisticated regiona
Page 16 and 17: Figure 5 Mid-Atlantic Area National
Page 18 and 19: The 2010 RTEP states that TrAIL pro
Page 20 and 21: Three public meetings were held in
Page 22 and 23: eliable service at the least cost t
Page 24 and 25: On June 3, 2010, the Commission app
Page 26 and 27: approval. The EDCs filed their Smar
Page 28 and 29: Section 2 - Historic and Forecast D
Page 30 and 31: Figure 10 Average residential cost
Page 32 and 33: Duquesne has 121.6 miles of transmi
Page 34 and 35: Figure 14 FirstEnergy service terri
Page 36 and 37: Figure 15 Metropolitan Edison Compa
Page 38 and 39: Penelec’s Energy Efficiency and C
Page 40 and 41: its summer peak load increasing fro
Page 42 and 43: PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
Page 44 and 45: Figure 22 PPL Electric Utilities Co
Page 46 and 47: Figure 23 PECO Energy Company energ
Page 48 and 49: West Penn is a member of PJM and RF
Page 50 and 51: Figure 27 UGI Utilities Inc. energy
Page 52 and 53: Figure 29 Citizens' Electric Compan
Page 54 and 55: Wellsboro Electric Company Wellsbor
Page 56 and 57: the past two years, both peak deman
Page 58 and 59: Figure 32 RFC 2010-2019 reserve mar
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The MISO net internal peak demand f
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Figure 35 PJM service area in Penns
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Figure 37 Existing generating capac
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Appendix A - Data Tables The follow
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Table A05 Metropolitan Edison Compa
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Table A13 Pennsylvania Power Compan
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Table A21 PECO Energy Company Table
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Appendix B - Plant Additions and Up
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Status of Pennsylvania's Plant Addi
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Location of queued generation inter
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Pennsylvania's Existing Electric Ge
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Pennsylvania's Existing Electric Ge
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