Transmission congestion drives power price division between upstate and downstate New York

(Mon, 26 Sep 2011) Electric power usually costs more in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley than in the rest of New York due to transmission constraints on moving power into the New York City area. The chart below, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shows a typical example of diverging prices for those regions in the day—ahead market.
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FERC staff issues Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2011

FERC: What’s New

FERC staff issues Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2011

FERC: What’s New

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Ruby Pipeline ramps up rapidly to supply natural gas to Northern California

(Fri, 23 Sep 2011) Natural gas flows on the Ruby Pipeline (Ruby) have ramped up rapidly since the start of commercial operations on July 28, 2011. Ruby, a new natural gas pipeline that links Wyoming natural gas supplies mainly to markets in California, currently delivers about 0.8 billion cubic per day (Bcfd) of natural gas to an interconnect with Pacific Gas & Electric—the major distributor of natural gas and retail power in Northern California—and provides about 30% of PG&E’s 2.5 Bcfd of average daily system supply of natural gas.
EIA: What’s New

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