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Pace of retiring power generation to meet CPP could strain transmission system: PJM
The pace at which generation retires to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan could put greater strain on the PJM Interconnection transmission system, the grid operator said in a white paper issued Friday.
The grid operator studied seven scenarios based on three levels of generation at risk of retirement under CPP — 6 GW, 16 GW and 32 GW — to determine the range of possible transmission needs.
“Under certain conditions and implementation scenarios and depending on the time of the many moving parts, new transmission and/or transmission improvements might not be completed in time to …