Sussex meeting on Delmarva Power/PEPCO’s Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway
February 9th, 2009
We’re stuck here in Minnesota for a while, parental health issues to deal with, and thankfully others have posted on the meeting this week in Delaware about the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway proposed by Delmarva and PEPCO.
His post shows that it’s the same everywhere — coffee & cookies and 20 utility employees to “explain.” TWENTY!
From his blog — does this scene look familiar:
AND knowing that 600 showed up in Maryland, that there’s lots of interest, he notes that there were only 30 chairs. Come on, PEPCO, that is SO tacky…
This project is part of something much bigger…
Here’s my post on RTEP – Regional Transmission Expansion Plan
Here’s some info about their plan, the original proposal, and info about AC v. DC lines, focused on the submarine cable for the Chesapeake Bay:
FERC has approved a Return on Investment of 12.8%:
The June 12 PowerPoint says it will cost $1.5 billion, and the FERC press release says $1.05 billion. Slip of the decimal?
Take a look at their Market Efficiency Analysis — projections of cost and revenue changes:
In short, here’s what this line is about:
I found a powerpoint with some of the upgrades planned:
Here are maps to some Delaware projects from this September powerpoint:
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