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« DOT wins award for 'innovative' delivery of Iway bridge | Today | Mammoth hospital merger application filing takes days » June 9, 2008Heat wave reduces electricity surplus in New EnglandHOLYOKE, Mass. -- The heat wave has sharply reduced a surplus of electricity in New England as people use more energy to cool down. The operator of New England's power grid reported high electricity demand and a tight supply today, with expectations of a slightly tighter supply on Tuesday in the six-state region. Holyoke-based ISO New England Inc. expects to have adequate system capacity including a required power reserve on Tuesday, but the surplus will be much smaller than usual. The company projects energy use to peak at about 27,000 megawatts tomorrow, up from nearly 26,000 on Monday. As temperatures cool, the surplus is expected to grow beginning Wednesday. The region's all time peak power use was set Aug. 2, 2006, at 28,130 megawatts. In a May release of reliability assessment findings, which gauge how well the region’s power grids are prepared for hot weather, the Northeast Power Coordinating Council predicted the Northeast will have "sufficient" electricity this summer, even under extremely hot and humid conditions. The only situation in which the electricity supply may be overtaxed is the combination of extreme weather conditions, such as a prolonged heat wave with high humidity, along with "severe resource unavailability," or the outage of several power plants in the region, the NPCC said. Under those circumstances, the New England and New York power grids might need to implement procedures that cut demand, such as asking people to conserve electricity. "This scenario is unlikely to occur," the council said. The Northeast Power Coordinating Council, which works to improve the reliability of the power grid in seven states and parts of Canada. -- With reports from The Associated Press and Providence Journal staff writer Timothy C. Barmann Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsWilliam E. BELK | June 10, 2008 7:11 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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ProJo 9 to 5 News Blog
Oct 2005 - March 2006
I feel strongly that the future will bring about
the addition of Flywheel technology to the Elec.
grids. Having to worry each summer about the
brown outs and possibility of black outs will be
a thing of the past as Beacon Power Corp. has
proven in New York and California.
Yours Truely:
W.E. Belk