Dominion
& PJM Ordered to Run New Tests
Dear Concerned Citizen,
A victory of sorts
occurred on Wednesday (yay!) --newly available information
has caused the State Corporation Commission to reopen the
transmission line evidentiary record and to require additional
studies from Dominion and PJM.
Hearing Examiner
Alexander Skirpan, Jr. has requested the new studies be provided
by June 18th. We will then have a chance to review the studies
and perhaps run our own tests before heading back to Richmond
for a hearing on June 30th. 
Recent RPM auction
results suggest the marketplace is capable of satisfying future
demand.
PJM Auctions
Provide New Generation and Demand Response
The
Hearing Examiner's order was brought about by the results of
PJM's recent Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auction. The
auction, part of PJM's new market structure, collected bids for
generation and demand response for the 2011/2012 time frame. The
auction brought in over 4,200 megawatts of new generation and
demand response. The results of this auction are particularly
important, because Dominion has been threatening blackouts in
the summer of 2011 if their 3000-megawatt transmission line is
not built.
The hearing on the 30th will be open to the
public, please let me know if you are interested in attending.
Also, please consider making an online donation to help fund our continued
efforts before the SCC. Piedmont Environmental Council is proud
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Very Best,
Bri West
Piedmont
Environmental Council
bwest@pecva.org
1-540-347-2334
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