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Cost-recovery for grid upgrades unclear
The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority is tracking seven major electrical transmission proposals at a combined cost of $15 billion, potentially adding 15,000 megawatts of new electrical generating capacity in and around the state.
It's the shared ambition of Wyoming, which wants the economic benefits of exporting power, and Western states that want additional megawatts to come from cleaner forms of energy.
July 19, 2009
by Dustin Bleizeffer
in Casper Star-Tribune
The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority is tracking seven major electrical transmission proposals at a combined cost of $15 billion, potentially adding 15,000 megawatts of new electrical generating capacity in and around the state.
It's the shared ambition of Wyoming, which wants the economic benefits of exporting power, and Western states that want additional megawatts to come from cleaner forms of energy.
But how these expensive high-wires are financed, and who pays, remains unclear.
When it comes to regulated utilities such as Tri-State and PacifiCorp, upgrade costs are typically scrutinized and passed on to customers by public service commissions in the respective states where the... [continue via Web link]
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