A report issued today on the "Roll-Up Integration Cases" for the Eastern Interconnection describes the efforts undertaken to ensure transmission planning activities maintain the reliability of the ...

RENSSELAER, NY--(Marketwired - July 09, 2015) - The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) today announced it has completed a Gas-Electric System Interface Study as part of a major ...

If wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) penetrations in the Eastern Interconnection were amped up to 30%, they would decrease coal, combined cycle, and combustion turbine capacity factors by 30% to 50%, a ...

EWITS was the first of its kind in terms of scope, scale, and process. Initiated in 2007, the study was designed to examine the operational impact of up to 20% to 30% wind energy penetration on the ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seeking to strengthen the country’s electrical grid infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Energy has announced that the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative ...

A technical study released by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) last week shows that shifting 20% or more of the Eastern Interconnection’s electrical load to wind ...

ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The interconnected power systems serving two-thirds of the US and Canada are projected to maintain system frequency for at least the next five years, despite a ...

Electricity demand soared across the eastern and midwestern United States in June as an intense heatwave gripped the region. The Eastern Interconnection, which covers the mainland U.S. east of the ...

RENSSELAER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Executive Committee of the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) today announced the appointment of David Whiteley as EIPC Executive Director.

Aug 27 (Reuters) - PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. power grid operator, issued a maximum generation alert for Tuesday due to expected hot weather across parts of the Eastern Interconnection. PJM ...

Power companies and their grids are severely limited by the inability to lean on their neighbors for urgent electricity imports during summer heat waves and winter blizzards, according to a new ...

As the US transitions to an increased reliance on renewable energy, most of the action has been on the West Coast, where both Hawaii and California have set targets of 50 percent renewable energy by ...