Improving Electricity Resource-Planning Processes by Considering the Strategic Benefits of Transmission

Date Published
03/2009
Publication Type
Magazine Article
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DOI
10.1016/j.tej.2009.01.004
LBL Report Number
LBNL-2547E
Abstract

Current methods of evaluating the economic impacts of new electricity transmission projects fail to capture the many strategic benefits of these projects, such as those resulting from their long life, dynamic changes to the system, access to diverse fuels, and advancement of public policy goals to integrate renewable-energy resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Magazine
The Electricity Journal
Volume
22
Year of Publication
2009
Issue Number
2
Type of Article
Journal
Refereed Designation
Non-Refereed
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