Forbes Provides Nice Update Regarding Personal/Private Electric Grid
Link here.
Two energy-related trends are converging and are potentially contradicting the goal of generating increasing levels of green power.
Some utilities are expanding their transmission networks to accommodate
more wind and solar power, but certain commercial and residential users
are trying to break free from their local utilities by producing their
own electricity. Those distributed systems,
or on-site systems, would reduce the number of customers tied to the
central network. Fewer participants could then erode the ability to pay
for upgrades to carry green power over long distances.
The northeastern U.S. and Texas, generally, stand in contrast to California. Northeast Utilities,
for example, is adding a lot of transmission throughout its New England
territories so that its grid can transport more wind electrons that are
replacing some retiring power plants. It will spend $4 billion on
expansions and upgrades, the utility said in a conference call.
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