CAISO CEO Says Grid Needs 6 New Major Transmission Lines in Addition to Sunrise Powerlink and Tehachepi Transmission Line

Yakout Mansour, CAISO CEO, delivered keynote addresses this past week at the California Manufacturers and Technology Association’s Annual Energy Conference and at the California Council for the Environmental and Economic Balance conference.  In his nearly identical remarks at both conferences (Wednesday and Thursday, respectively), Mr. Mansour made some interesting pronouncements.  Following are the highlights:

 

·       California’s Transmission and Generation Siting process must be streamlined as it poses incredible challenges (particularly to goals for renewable portfolio standard— RPS, generation integration and greenhouse gas reduction – as well as providing necessary generation for California’s continued energy consumption growth)

·       Current

California

nameplate capacity is critical in meeting the 20% RPS under current law, achieving 33% RPS will be even more difficult

·         Current CAISO interconnection cue is 110K MWs – of this 70K MWs are renewable-this is generation proposals that are under consideration and must be studied by the CAISO to determine how and where they would connect to the grid

·         CAISO expects that 85% of this generation will not be built

·        CAISO study concludes that in addition to the Tehachepi and

Sunrise

transmission lines, 6 additional major transmission lines will be needed to help CA meet RPS, GHG and growth requirements.

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