Title :
Technical and Economic Comparison between Two Major Projects Planned to be Constructed in the United States Southwest Region
Author :
Hsu, James ; Mavis, Steve ; Wu, C. Tim ; Patel, Kishore ; Kyei, John
Author_Institution :
Salt River Project Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Abstract :
This paper presents the technical and economic comparison between two major transmission projects that likely will be constructed in the 2008 and 2009 timeframe in the Southwest Region of the United States. The two transmission projects will expand the transmission network capacity between Arizona and California which are in the western electricity coordinating council (WECC). Either of the two projects is recognized as reducing power congestion in this major transmission path between Arizona and California as well as providing the economic opportunity of expanding transmission capacity for the open energy market in the WECC region.
Keywords :
power transmission economics; United States Southwest Region; economic comparison; open energy market; transmission network capacity; transmission projects; western electricity coordinating council; Capacitors; Councils; Nuclear power generation; Path planning; Phase shifters; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system planning; Power systems; Rivers; capital investment cost; combined-cycle plants; economic opportunity; line series capacitors; mitigation; non-simultaneous and simultaneous path transfer capabilities; open energy market; performance criteria; phase shifters; plan of service; power congestion; regional planning standards; thermal rating upgrade; transmission path;
Conference_Titel :
Power System Technology, 2006. PowerCon 2006. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0110-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICPST.2006.321924
