Planning for environmental initiatives in New England

Author

Henderson, M. ; Coste, W. ; Platts, J.

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Environmental initiatives, such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Renewable Portfolio Standards, are encouraging the development of low emitting natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) units and wind plants in New England. In addition, state goals are promoting demand resources within the region, especially energy efficiency. ISO New England analyses show the impacts that these initiatives and goals have in different expansion scenarios. These results have helped provide guidance to policymakers, developers of supply and demand resources and merchant transmission, and system planners and operators in New England. This paper discusses some of the key environmental and other drivers of resource and transmission development in New England. It also discusses how the region is preparing for the large scale integration of clean technologies in response to these drivers.

Keywords

combined cycle power stations; government policies; power generation planning; wind power plants; ISO New England analysis; NGCC units; Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; Renewable Portfolio Standards; demand resources; environmental initiative planning; low emitting natural gas combined cycle units; transmission development; wind plants; Energy efficiency; ISO; Natural gas; Planning; Power systems; Wind; Environmental air emissions; demand resources; fuel diversity; natural gas; production cost; renewable resources; system planning; transmission development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039343

Filename

6039343