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2010 Mid-American Regulatory Conference AEP. Need for Transmission Investment. Renewable Energy Development. 47% of Nation’s Generation Interconnection Queue. Cost Allocation: Comparison to Other RTO’s.
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2010 Mid-American Regulatory Conference AEP Need for Transmission Investment
Renewable Energy Development 47% of Nation’s Generation Interconnection Queue
Cost Allocation: Comparison to Other RTO’s Obtained from the PJM report titled “A Survey of Transmission Cost Allocation Issues, Methods and Practices” issued March 2010 ** Proposed methodology approved by SPP Board and pending FERC approval
Transmission 7% Distribution 26% Generation 67% Components of Electricity Price Left Graph: Source Milken institute Report titled “Financial Innovations for Energy Infrastructure. The Grid, Renewables and Beyond” Right Graph: Obtained from the PJM report titled “A Survey of Transmission Cost Allocation Issues, Methods and Practices” issued March 2010
RTO Transmission Investment 1 Obtained from RTO report card published 2009 by Christensen Associates and National Rural Electric Cooperation Association 2 Obtained from PJM 2009 RTEP report 3 Obtained from MISO 2009 MTEP report 4 Obtained from 2009 ERCOT Constraints and needs report 5 Obtained from 2009 SPP’s STEP report and does not include priority projects 6 Does not include 10,000MW of imports 7 Reflects existing wind capacity