Sentences with phrase «electric transmission corridor»

The choice of site was hardly accidental; the existing electric transmission corridor and gas pipeline had already disrupted the area — better to build here than disturb virgin land.

Subtitle B: Transmission Infrastructure Modernization -(Sec. 1221) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) study electric transmission congestion triennially; and (2) issue a report which may designate any geographic area experiencing transmission capacity constraints or congestion that adversely affects consumers as a national interest electric transmission corridor.

The 2005 Energy Act gave the DOE «backup authority» to approve new power lines over state objections, by designating «national interest electric transmission corridors.»

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 granted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to approve and issue siting permits for new transmission lines in areas designated by the Department of Energy as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC).

The provision in the Cheney bill (National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors) is not forceful enough to allow rapid transmission line construction.

Not exact matches

Together, the Access Northeast developers serve 70 % of the region's electricity consumers and the pipelines involved already connect directly to 70 % of the region's gas - fired electric generation on their existing corridors,» said Bill Yardley, Spectra Energy's president of U.S. Transmission Storage.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

The 21 - foot - wide utility corridor could include not just Line 5 but also electric transmission cables and open spaces for vehicles to service the infrastructure if needed, according to the Michigan Tech study.

Meanwhile, numerous industry efforts are underway to further exploit stressed public lands and perpetuate fossil - fuel dependence through the extraction of coal, oil and gas, oil shale and tar sands, and liquefied natural gas development — as well as uranium mining and milling and the construction of energy corridors and long - distance electric transmission lines.

SB 1059 authorizes the Commission to designate suitable transmission corridors for high - voltage electric transmission lines to ensure reliable and efficient electricity delivery.

The designation of a transmission corridor could be proposed by the Commission or by application to the Commission from any person or entity planning to build an electric transmission line in California (Pub.