Transmission System Investments Growing, says EEI Report

Despite an environment plagued with regulatory, jurisdictional and financing snarls, a new Edison Electric Institute (EEI) report, Transmission Projects: At A Glance, says utilities are continuing to hike their investments in  transmission infrastructure. The report, intended as a showcase of projects its member companies are planning or building, says those projects represent almost $56 billion in investments between 2009 and 2020, which is a portion of the total investment anticipated. Project categories include: congestion relief, regional reliability enhancement and loss reduction, renewable energy integration and advanced monitoring systems deployment. Most of the projects cited are multi-faceted, focused on more than one of the categories.

Quick Take: There's been plenty of bad news for the transmission industry, from financing to oversight, resistance to overhead power lines and more. And some transmission projects have been shelved or postponed for a variety of reasons. But apparently the utilities mentioned in the EEI report continue to see the need for serious investment in our tottering transmission infrastructure.

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