How to Assess the Benefits of Transmission Investments and ACCC® Conductor

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Assess the Benefits of Transmission Investments
and ACCC  Conductor


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Nov 2020
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Introduction

• CTC Global is an ACCC conductor
  manufacturing company that was founded to
  develop, certify and deploy advanced technologies
  to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability
  and resiliency of the electric power grid.
• Our primary product is high-capacity, low-sag
  CTC Global ACCC Conductor solutions.

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About the transmission projects 

•     In the past, most transmission projects were
  developed by vertically integrated utilities that
  built new lines to connect new generation to
  serve growing demand within their service
  territories. At that point in time benefits were
  relatively easy to recognize and costs easy to
  allocate.
•     Today, the grid is a complex network of power
  lines, substations control centres operated by
  multiple entities that often span state, regional
  and international boundaries that serve a broad
  range of residential, commercial and industrial
  customers.

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Assessing the benefits of transmission
investment

• It is an essential part of determining
  operational characteristics, reliability objective
  s and capital costs, but it also is important
  when considering public policy objectives,
  regulatory and market conditions and economic and
  environmental impact, all of which can be
  critical when establishing project priorities and
  cost allocations.

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CTC Globals ACCC conductor 

• The use of a high-capacity, low-resistance
  conductor such as CTC Globals ACCC conductor to
  increase the capacity of a section of the grid to
  accommodate an N-1 condition also will reduce its
  electrical resistance substantially during normal
  operating conditions. 
• This reduction in line losses will free up
  generation capacity, which then can be deployed
  to a paying customer or, conversely, conserved to
  reduce fuel consumption and associated emissions.
  Transmission planners might not always recognize
  or consider second- or third-tier benefits, but
  these benefits have a profound impact on the
  overall performance of the grid, are quantifiable
  and should and will be considered.

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The need to broaden perspectives on the benefits
of transmission investment

• As a number of transmission planners and RTOs
  recognize the need to broaden their perspectives
  on the benefits of transmission investment,
  efforts are being undertaken to identify and
  communicate these benefits using a more
  comprehensive business case approach. Because no
  industry standard for this exists, the Working
  Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic
  Electric Systems (WIRES) commissioned The Brattle
  Group to research the subject and offer guidance.
  
• The Brattle Group subsequently published a
  report, The Benefits of Electric Transmission
  Identifying and Analyzing the Value of
  Investments. This and other informative reports
  are available on the WIRES website, www.wiresgroup
  .com.

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Other benefits 

• Other benefits might include long-term capital
  and operational cost savings, line loss
  reductions, generation capacity cost savings,
  improved grid reliability and the potential
  avoidance of disruptive and costly outages.
• Additional benefits also could include the
  improved use of existing corridors to reduce
  environmental impact, reductions of greenhouse
  gas emissions through improved transmission
  efficiency and by opening access to cleaner
  generation. Other substantial benefits could
  include economic development opportunities that
  could provide residential, commercial and
  industrial customers with access to more
  efficient, affordable and reliable power, which
  is a key component of our ability to maintain
  competitive businesses, employment opportunities
  and quality of life.

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