Environmental Regulation Impacts on Eastern Interconnection Performance

Markham, Penn N ; Liu, Yilu ; Young II, Marcus Aaron

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

关键词: Transmission;    Electric Grid;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1087498
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2013/191
RP-ID  :  DE-AC05-00OR22725
RP-ID  :  1087498

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

In the United States, recent environmental regulations will likely result in the removal of nearly 30 GW of oil and coal-fired generation from the power grid, mostly in the Eastern Interconnection (EI). The effects of this transition on voltage stability and transmission line flows have previously not been studied from a system-wide perspective. This report discusses the results of power flow studies designed to simulate the evolution of the EI over the next few years as traditional generation sources are replaced with environmentally friendlier ones such as natural gas and wind.