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TAPS Releases White Paper, Offers Blueprint
to Fix Nation’s
Electric Transmission Infrastructure
The Transmission Access Policy Study Group has released a white paper intended
to jump-start transmission construction, improve reliability and provide consumers with access to robust, regional electric
markets. The plan, entitled “Effective Solutions for Getting Needed Transmission Built at Reasonable Cost,” promotes
structural solutions and identifies specific changes in regulation designed to fix the nation’s inadequate transmission
infrastructure.
Since 1982, electric transmission capacity relative to peak use has declined
steadily, falling by more than half. One study predicts $56 billion of investment will be required over the next seven years
simply to maintain the system at its year 2000 capacity. More will be needed to achieve a truly adequate national grid.
To view and/or download the full report, click on the icon below:
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The Latest
Transmission Solution: Joint Ownership by Alice Clamp for Public Power magazine. This article from the May – June 2006 issue describes how public
power participation in the joint ownership of transmission facilities can help create a robust system that meets everyone's
needs.
The Grid That Binds Us by Cindy
Bogorad and Mark Hegedus of Spiegel & McDiarmid. The August 16, 2004 article was the lead article in a special energy
law feature issue of Legal Times, a Washington, DC legal trade journal read widely by lawyers and policymakers.
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