Transmission Planning

Electricity delivery infrastructure is critical for ensuring reliable electricity service to homes and businesses. Planning and operating this infrastructure is complicated by a variety of technical and institutional factors. This topic of research is focused on the review and analysis of topical issues affecting transmission planning, such as congestion cost measurement practices, transmission benefits that are not or are difficult to capture in traditional cost-benefit analysis, and assessments of the benefits of ISO/RTO formation.

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Assessment of Historical Transmission Congestion in the Eastern Interconnection for 2015 (v2.0). Open Access Technology International, 2019.

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International, Open Access Tec. Assessment of Historical Transmission Schedules and Flows in the Eastern Interconnection, v1.0. Open Access Technology International, 2015.

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International, Open Access Tec. Assessment of Historical Transmission Schedules and Flows in the Eastern Interconnection. Open Access Technology International, 2014.

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Fisher, Emily, and Joseph H Eto. "Congestion Measures for Organized Markets in the U.S." IEEE 47th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS). Waikoloa, HI: IEEE, 2014. LBNL-6539E.

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Eto, Joseph H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Peter H Larsen, Annika Todd, and Emily Fisher. An Examination of Temporal Trends in Electricity Reliability Based on Reports from U.S. Electric Utilities. 2012. LBNL-5268E.

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Eto, Joseph H, and Robert J Thomas. "Computational Needs for the Next Generation Electric Grid Proceedings." 2011: 376. LBNL-5105E.

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National Electric Transmission Congestion Study (2009). Berkeley: LBNL, 2009.

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Budhraja, Vikram S, John Ballance, Jim Dyer, Fred Mobasheri, and Joseph H Eto. Transmission Benefit Quantification, Cost Allocation and Cost Recovery. Berkeley: LBNL, 2009.

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Budhraja, Vikram S, John Ballance, Jim Dyer, Fred Mobasheri, and Joseph H Eto. Renewable Resource Integration Project – Scoping Study of Strategic Transmission Operations and Reliability Issues. 2008.

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Eto, Joseph H, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare. Tracking the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power System: An Assessment of Publicly Available Information Reported to State Public Utility Commissions. Berkeley: LBNL, 2008. LBNL-1092E.

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National Electric Transmission Congestion Study (2006). Berkeley: U.S Department of Energy, 2006.

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Eto, Joseph H, Bernard Lesieutre, and Douglas R Hale. A Review of Recent RTO Benefit-Cost Studies: Toward More Comprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity Restructuring Policies. 2005. LBNL-58027.

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Mobasheri, Fred, Margaret Cheng, Jaime Medina, and Joseph H Eto. Economic Evaluation of Transmission Interconnection in a Restructured Market. CERTS, 2004.

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Lesieutre, Bernard, Emily S Bartholomew, Joseph H Eto, Douglas R Hale, and Thanh Luong. The Potential Impacts of a Competitive Wholesale Market in the Midwest: A Preliminary Examination of Centralized Dispatch. 2004. LBNL-56503.

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Eto, Joseph H, Bernard Lesieutre, and Steven E Widergren. Transmission-Planning Research and Development Scoping Project. 2004. LBNL-55487.

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Lesieutre, Bernard, and Joseph H Eto. "When a Rose Is Not a Rose: A Review of Recent Estimates of Congestion Costs." The Electricity Journal 2004. LBNL-52739.

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Thomas, Steve, Paul Boggs, and Victoria Howle. A Survey of National Transmission Grid Modeling Capabilities at DOE Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratoies, 2003.

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Consulting, KEMA. Analysis and Selection of Analytical Tools to Assess National-Interest Transmission Bottlenecks Final Report. 2003.

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Eto, Joseph H, and John P Stovall. California's Electricity System of the Future: Scenario Analysis in Support of Public-Interest Transmission System R&D Planning. 2003. LBNL-52047.

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Budhraja, Vikram S, Fred Mobasheri, Margaret Cheng, Jim Dyer, Eduyng Castaño, and Stephen Hess. California’s Electricity Generation and Transmission Interconnection Needs Under Alternative Scenarios. CERTS, 2003.

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Lesieutre, Bernard, and Joseph H Eto. Electricity Transmission Congestion Costs: A Review of Recent Reports. Berkeley: LBNL, 2003. LBNL-45049.

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Budhraja, Vikram S, Jim Dyer, and Stephen Hess. Planning for California's Future Transmission Grid Review of Transmission System, Strategic Benefits, Planning Issues And Policy Recommendations. CERTS, 2003.

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Dyer, Jim. U.S. Department of Energy Transmission Bottleneck Project Report. 2003.

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Hauer, John F, Thomas J Overbye, Jeffery E Dagle, and Steven E Widergren. Advanced Transmission Technologies: National Transmission Grid Study, Appendix F. 2002.

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Oren, Shmuel S, George Gross, and Fernando L Alvarado. Alternative Business Models for Transmission Investment and Operation: National Transmission Grid Study, Appendix C. 2002.

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