Title :
Survey of non-traditional transmission development
Author :
Coxe, Raymond ; Meeus, Leonardo
Author_Institution :
Mosaic Energy Insights, Inc., Hudson, MA, USA
Abstract :
This informal survey classifies various transmission projects into four categories, depending on whether the project´s sponsors are incumbent transmission owners or new entrants and whether the costs of the project are recovered through transmission tariffs applicable to all users or through contractual payment obligations that are voluntary assumed by willing users. The authors observe that the internal focus by the ISOs in the US and TSOs in Europe has left opportunities for entities (often, but not always, new entrants) to develop contract financed projects that capitalize on commodity prices differences between markets.
Keywords :
power markets; power transmission economics; power transmission planning; tariffs; Europe; ISO; TSO; US; United States; commodity prices; contract financed project; contractual payment; nontraditional transmission development; power transmission economics; power transmission planning; transmission project; transmission tariffs; HVDC transmission lines; power transmission planning and economics;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6549-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2010.5589749