{"id":4313,"date":"2012-08-07T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2012-08-07T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:05:12","slug":"doe%e2%80%99s-preliminary-findings-2012-congestion-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=4313","title":{"rendered":"DOE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Preliminary Findings 2012 Congestion Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entrytitle\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2009\/03\/bistransmissiontower.jpg\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2009\/03\/bistransmissiontower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3142\" title=\"bistransmissiontower\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2009\/03\/bistransmissiontower.jpg\" alt=\"bistransmissiontower\" width=\"160\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The DOE is hosting webinars on its 2012 transmission congestion study:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/oe\/services\/electricity-policy-coordination-and-implementation\/transmission-planning\/2012-national\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">DOE 2012 Transmission Congestion Study Page<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The study isn&#8217;t released out, even a draft, and the powerpoint isn&#8217;t  available yet online.\u00c2\u00a0 GRRRRRRRR, we need that to have an idea what&#8217;s  going on&#8230; oh, that&#8217;s probably why it isn&#8217;t there.\u00c2\u00a0 Soon, I&#8217;ll post it when it appears.<\/p>\n<p>The first webinar was today, just over, and there are two more &#8212; just click on linked date to register:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/exit?url=https%3A\/\/www1.gotomeeting.com\/register\/552943529\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday, August 16, 2012<\/a> 2-3:30 pm ET (industry and others)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/exit?url=https%3A\/\/www1.gotomeeting.com\/register\/850348304\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday, August 21, 2012<\/a> 2-3:30 pm ET (state focus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I&#8217;m seeing here from the powerpoint is that congestion is a  non-issue.\u00c2\u00a0 And what is very clear from the congestion maps for  2009-2011 is that in 2009 there was essentially NO congestion, and it  got worse in 2010, and then not so bad in 2011 but still far more than  in 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 In essence, apparently what they&#8217;re doing has made it worse.<\/p>\n<p>They did ask my question, based on the above observation of the 2009,  2010 and 2011 maps, and asked what the explanation was for absence of  congestion in 2009:<\/p>\n<p>A: He said that the relatively low level of economic activity was  certainly a factor.\u00c2\u00a0 Temperatures were more severe in 2010 so that was a  factor.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, congestion, in terms of these three graphics, congestion  is worse in 2010 than in the other two years, that is generally in the  context of a generally declining pattern over a couple of years we&#8217;ve  been looking at.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t want anyone to get the impression that &#8230;. So  part of this is that this is a function of scaling also?\u00c2\u00a0 Yes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Uh-huh&#8230; right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And then from slide 22, Preliminary Regional Findings: Midwest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data indicate on significant, persistent constraints, apart from those related to the development of remote renewable resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Data do not indicate any areas with major reliability problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The economic congestion that is occurring is small in relation to  the total cost of wholesale electricity traded in organized spot  markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Inconsistent market designs and practices between RTOS &#8212; as  distinct from lack of transmission capacity &#8212; are a significant  impediment to economically beneficial electricity trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But hey, we knew that!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the prior &#8220;studies&#8221; from DOE:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2012\/08\/congestion_study_2009.pdf\">2009 DOE Congestion Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nietc.anl.gov\/congestionstudy\">2006 DOE Congestion Study<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And remember, the purpose of this is, in <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/oe\/services\/electricity-policy-coordination-and-implementation\/transmission-planning\/2012-national\"><strong>THEIR words, from THEIR site<\/strong><\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>DOE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Congestion Studies may contribute information needed to support the future designation of one or more <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/node\/13087\"><strong>National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors<\/strong><\/a> (National Corridors). On the basis of a congestion study, and after   reviewing and considering public comments, the Secretary of Energy is   authorized but not required to designate related geographic areas as   National Corridors. Designation of a National Corridor has two effects:\u00c2\u00a0   1) it emphasizes that the Department considers the particular   congestion problem to which the corridor pertains to be sufficiently   acute to merit federal concern; and 2) it enables the Federal Energy   Regulatory Commission to exercise \u00e2\u20ac\u0153backstop\u00e2\u20ac\u009d authority (under conditions   specified in the Federal Power Act) to approve the siting of   transmission facilities within the area of the corridor. In particular,   the Commission may exercise its jurisdiction if a state agency has   \u00e2\u20ac\u0153withheld approval\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for more than one year of an application to site a   transmission facility within the corridor.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But wait, even they admitted in today&#8217;s Webinar that the courts have invalidated the designation of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/node\/13087\"><strong>National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors <\/strong><\/a><\/em>both generally and specifically:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to NIETC designation of corridors tossed out by 9th Circuit Court!!\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/weblog\/6200\/\">NIETC designation of corridors tossed out by 9th Circuit Court!!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Denial is NOT withholding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Piedmont v. FERC\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/weblog\/2969\/\">Denial is NOT withholding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Piedmont v. FERC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So we&#8217;re doing this &#8230; why???<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about market, it has nothing to do with electric  reliability, and billions are being spent to address a problem that does  not exist and which is illegal to implement.\u00c2\u00a0 WRONG?\u00c2\u00a0 Prove it,  please&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. The DOE is hosting webinars on its 2012 transmission congestion study: DOE 2012 Transmission Congestion Study Page The study isn&#8217;t released out, even a draft, and the powerpoint isn&#8217;t available yet online.\u00c2\u00a0 GRRRRRRRR, we need that to have an <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=4313\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[742,743,741,640,740,744,746,745,747],"class_list":["post-4313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2006-congestion-study","tag-2009-congestion-study","tag-congestion-report","tag-department-of-energy","tag-doe","tag-economic","tag-national-interest-electric-transmission-corridor","tag-promod","tag-transmission-line-powerline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4315,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions\/4315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}