Title :
Estimates of Comparative Costs for Uprating Transmission Capacity
Author :
Baldick, Ross ; O´Neill, Richard P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
fDate :
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we estimate the costs of increasing transmission system capability through technologies for uprating transmission capacity without expanding the transmission footprint. We compare costs for uprating to the costs of new capacity.
Keywords :
flexible AC transmission systems; comparative cost estimation; transmission system capability; uprating transmission capacity; Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS); transmission assets;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRD.2008.2002990
