The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative's report on how transmission planning activities are maintaining the reliability of the bulk power system is now publicly available. A report issued ...

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 ...

The Joint Coordinated System Plan (JCSP’08), the first step of a transmission and generation system expansion analysis of the majority of the Eastern Interconnection, estimates the electricity sector ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, May 15-- The North American Reliability Council is forecasting US generation supply will be adequate this summer in most parts of the country, but transmission overloading could lead to ...

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.

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 ...