Power pooling in the Northeast Region

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL REGION; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LEGAL ASPECTS; OPERATION; PLANNING; REGULATIONS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; CONNECTICUT; DELAWARE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MAINE; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; POWER GENERATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; RHODE ISLAND; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; USA; VERMONT; VIRGINIA; WASHINGTON DC; ENERGY SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; POWER SYSTEMS; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6804252; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6804252; https://doi.org/10.2172/6804252

This report is one of five regional reports prepared by task forces as part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) power pooling study. The purpose of the study is to examine the opportunities for conservation of energy, optimization in the efficiency of use of facilities and resources, and increased reliability through power pooling arrangements. The Northeast Region includes that part of the Northeast Power Coordination Council (NPCC) that lies within the United States and the Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC), two of nine Regional Reliability Councils of the National Electric Reliability Council (NERC). The Northeast Region includes three of the most highly integrated power pools in the country: the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) and the New York Power Pool (NYPP), which make up the United States portion of NPCC, and the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), which covers the same area as MAAC. The areas served by the members of these pools include New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, large sections of Pennsylvania and Maryland, a very small part of Virginia, and all of the District of Columbia. Information is presented on the characteristics and problems of coordinated electric power operations in the region. The purpose of the task forces was to assist in developing a regionally specific factual understanding of the development, status, problems, plans, benefits, costs, industry and regulatory views, and other significant aspects of power pooling in the region. (LCL)