Sentences with phrase «national electricity transmission»

Transpower is the owner and operator of New Zealand's national electricity transmission grid.

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To give one example, the U.K.'s National Grid — which operates the electricity transmission network in England, Wales and Scotland — says its networks are made up of approximately 4,474 miles of overhead line, 932 miles of underground cable, and 342 substations.

The most recent data from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) finds that a cost - shift does not occur until distributed solar penetration reaches 10 % of electricity sales, and even then that the impact is minimal compared to other drivers of rate increases, like new gas plants or transmission lines.

The bill's major provisions would, among other things, impose a national renewable electricity standard, overhaul federal financing for «clean energy» projects, establish a suite of efficiency measures, mandate new federal electricity - transmission siting power, and allow wider oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

The result — part of the DOE's exploration of how to get 20 percent of U.S. electricity from wind by 2030 — was a plan for a national, high - voltage transmission backbone.

National Grid Plc engages in the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas in Great Britain and northeastern U.S..

Bell, William Paul (2012): The impact of climate change on generation and transmission in the Australian national electricity market.

Directs FERC to: (1) adopt, within a year, national electricity grid planning principles derived from such policy to be applied in transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity; (2) encourage regional planning entities to cooperate and coordinate across regions and harmonize regional electric grid planning with planning in adjacent or overlapping jurisdictions; (3) seek to ensure that planning is consistent with the national electricity grid planning principles; (4) require regional planning entities to submit initial regional electric grid plans within 18 months of FERC promulgating such principles and to update such plans every three years; and (5) report to Congress within three years on the results of the initial regional grid planning process.

-- Not later than 3 months after the date of adoption by the Commission of national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), entities that conduct or may conduct transmission planning pursuant to State, tribal, or Federal law or regulation, including States, Indian tribes, entities designated by States and Indian tribes, Federal Power Marketing Administrations, transmission providers, operators and owners, regional organizations, and electric utilities, and that are willing to incorporate the national electricity grid planning principles adopted by the Commission in their electric grid planning, shall identify themselves and the regions for which they propose to develop plans to the Commission.

Recent studies by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that wind could supply 20 - 30 % of electricity, given improved transmission links and a little low - cost flexible back - up.

-- Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall adopt, after notice and opportunity for comment, national electricity grid planning principles derived from the Federal policy established under subsection (a) to be applied in ongoing and future transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity.

«Support for expansion of electricity generation and transmission facilities — on a vastly increased scale — as part of a deliberate national «export driven» strategy is either limited or all too often met with derision or outright hostility,» Nathwani wrote.

And I've done posts on the generation mix and additional transmission requirements to meet the National Electricity Market's (NEMs) demand profile in a given year.

The landmark Electricity Act of 2003 instituted certain broad reforms, introduced elements of privatization, and created more consistent national rules governing the generation and transmission of power, but its provisions have been implemented spottily in some states and not at all in others.

The possible components of such an approach that would be relevant in the context of climate change include: a national renewable electricity standard; Federal financing for clean energy projects: energy efficiency measures (building, appliance, and industrial efficiency standards; home retrofit subsidies; and smart grid standards, subsidies, and dynamic pricing policies); and new Federal electricity ‑ transmission siting authority.

Achieving the National Trading Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators across the country to work with utilities, electricity generators, advocates, regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop state compliance plans that prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency and generate revenue through interstate carbon emissions trading.

Tuckey is an enthusiast for the tidal power potential of the Kimberley region, as indeed am I. Given the incentives associated with a high enough price for carbon, and reforms to the National Electricity Market to encourage more investment in long - distance transmission lines, there is huge potential in tidal energy.

The National Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Departments of Commerce and Defense, to designate new right - of - way corridors on federal lands for electricity transmission and distribution facilities, and oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines.

The State Government retained ownership of the wholesale market operator Victorian Power Exchange (VPX), which was subsequently reorganised with its market and system operation functions being transferred to the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) and its transmission planning functions being transferred to VENCorp (now Australian Energy Markets Operator — AEMO).

On 21 July 2009 judgment was handed down in the High Court in a claim by the National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc against employee Andrew McKenzie.

[29] For a recent English case dealing with the French blocking statute, see Secretary of State for Health v. Servier Laboratories; National Grid Electricity Transmission v. ABB [2014] WLR 4383.