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Well that's not surprising unfortunately. Too bad. Would be a win for consumers.
The New England Power Pool wanted to tap into Hydro Quebec through building a new transmission line called the "Northern Pass Transmission Line," but intense local New Hampshire NIMBY opposition killed the Northern Pass.
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I barely made use of my A.C. this summer.
Maybe 72 hours straight at one point and two separate days at 12 hours
each. Yet I have a friend that lives off A.C. 24 hours a day. Day in and day
out 365 days a year. Go figure...
I have no idea what any of that means, but it's such a relief to read something unrelated to the current madness, I don't care.
Wait. Quebec has excess hydropower we could tap into? That sounds awesome and possibly expensive.
Actually, Hannah, Quebec Hydro (as Canadians call electricity) is quite cheap. Canadian friends sometimes complain that Canada/Quebec sometimes PAYS the U.S. grid to take it off their hands.
Can that PJM line always be counted on to have an excess? What about the current scenario where Pennsylvania, Jersey, and Maryland are likely to be even HOTTER than NY Metro?
Actually, Hannah, Quebec Hydro (as Canadians call electricity) is quite cheap. Canadian friends sometimes complain that Canada/Quebec sometimes PAYS the U.S. grid to take it off their hands.
Can that PJM line always be counted on to have an excess? What about the current scenario where Pennsylvania, Jersey, and Maryland are likely to be even HOTTER than NY Metro?
I am totally ignorant when it comes to stuff like that. Hopefully, we won't have brown outs. Stay cool.
Actually, Hannah, Quebec Hydro (as Canadians call electricity) is quite cheap. Canadian friends sometimes complain that Canada/Quebec sometimes PAYS the U.S. grid to take it off their hands.
Can that PJM line always be counted on to have an excess? What about the current scenario where Pennsylvania, Jersey, and Maryland are likely to be even HOTTER than NY Metro?
Yea, it’s actually a good deal for consumers and a pretty good decision on environmental grounds as we’re talking about using existing hydroelectricity. The people that stand to lose out are existing electrical producers in NYS and the surrounding region, but that’s a really odd thing to be concerned about given how necessary to day to day operation electricity is. This is a prime example of things being structured not quite right with our economy and our governance.
I also thought 40% coal was too high a guess, knowing how many nuclear plants are scarttered around NJ, MD and PA.
Although I also know that MD and PA are huge coal producers.
I wrote that "40% of the PJM fleet" are coal fired. Not all of the coal plants are on line at any one time. PJM territory includes, PA, NJ, MD, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, most of Ohio and parts of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.
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