Sentences with phrase «on electric system reliability»

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«Geomagnetically - induced currents on system infrastructure have the potential to result in widespread tripping of key transmission lines and irreversible physical damage to large transformers,» a 2009 report by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) and the Energy Department says.

Environmentalists will rejoice at this, but the trend is so swift that owners and operators of electric power systems are legitimately worrying about whether the decline of coal will undermine reliability of the electric grid and also make the nation too dependent on natural gas.

The construction of new generation to comply with the Clean Power Plan may necessitate upgrades to, and expansion of, electric power transmission systems; however, NEMS does not include transfer limits on intraregional power trade, nor does it contain a power - flow model or assess the reliability of bulk power transmission systems in detail.

As mentioned earlier, California is considering renewable and energy storage alternatives to three gas plants (the Metcalf Energy Center, Feather River Energy Center, and Yuba City Energy Center) on the Pacific Gas and Electric system that are needed for reliability.

Electric system reliability will always be defined by the ability to turn on the lights during the black swan events.

So it turns out, if you diversify renewables by type so they're not all affected by weather the same way, you diversify them by location, so they don't all see the same weather at the same time, and you integrate them with the resources on the grid, both power plants and ways to save or shift electric use, then you can have a largely, or wholly renewable electric supply system at very reasonable cost, with greater reliability and resilience than we have right now.

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May 11, 2009 Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

Hawaiian Electric had committed to clearing its queue by the end of the year, which included approving solar PV systems on circuits with high solar penetrations as long as they met requirements dealing with grid reliability and safety while incorporating approved inverters and other equipment.