Transmission efficiency standards can help utilities achieve sustainability goals

1. How transmission efficiency standards can help utilities achieve sustainability goals www.ctcglobal.com July 2021

2. ACCC® News Since January 1st of this year, 41 ACCC® Conductor Projects have been completed, 58 are currently active and 64 additional ACCC® Conductor installations are scheduled to start within the next few months, in addition to over 900 completed. Why? Because the ACCC® Conductor offers the ability to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability and resilience of the electric power grid, worldwide, while saving time, money and the environment. www.ctcglobal.com

3. A few reasons why consumers, utilities & our states would benefit from T&D Efficiency standards. www.ctcglobal.com When we think about sustainability, we should consider it holistically to meet clean energy standards and avoid the costly realities of efficiencies ignored.

4. Sustainability Goals In response to the environmental, social and political challenges of climate change, many Utilities in the United States have created Sustainability Programs. Individual States have also set sustainability goals, to which Utilities are responding. In addition to securing new cleaner sources of generation to reduce GHG emissions and building or upgrading transmission assets to access these, many sustainability programs include advanced metering, demand side appliance controls, consumer ‘off-peak’ pricing incentives, efficiency standards and much more. www.ctcglobal.com

5. Efficiency Matters You may recall that our industry spent billions of dollars improving the efficiency of generation assets to reduce operating costs. As development of new generation assets became increasingly difficult to permit, many utilities offered incentives for their customers to conserve energy and use more efficient appliances and more efficient building materials, for example. It became abundantly clear that improving the efficiency of any device is a good idea. After all, “it’s cheaper to save a ‘Negawatt’ than it is to produce a Megawatt.” www.ctcglobal.com

6. Realities While improving the efficiency of generation assets and demand side appliances has paid dividends, improving the efficiency of our electric power grid seems to be a highly overlooked opportunity. Just two years ago, in 2019, researchers at the Center for Global Sustainability, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland and the School for Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University determined that nearly one billion metric tons of CO2 equivalents can be attributed to inefficiencies in the world’s electric power grid.  In the United States it is estimated that approximately 6% of all electricity generated is lost to the inefficiencies in our transmission and distribution grid. www.ctcglobal.com

7. Transmission Efficiency Standards in Developing Countries In many developing countries, T&D Efficiency Standards have been established and are mandated by governments, utilities, and financial institutions. While multilateral banks typically invest in electric infrastructure projects to support economic development, they are supporting efficiency standards for overhead power line conductors that are also helping them meet their sustainability goals.  Conductors such as the ACCC® Conductor, for instance,  can not only carry more current than conventional steel reinforced conductors, but they also reduce line losses and associated emissions. www.ctcglobal.com

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