Renewable Portfolio Standards, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Long-Line Transmission Investments in the WECC

Arne Olson, Ren Orans, Doug Allen, Jack Moore and Chi-Keung Woo

The Electricity Journal, 2009, vol. 22, issue 9, 38-46

Abstract: New, long-distance transmission lines to remote areas with concentrations of high-quality renewable resources can help western states meet the challenges of increasing renewable energy procurement and reducing greenhouse gas emissions more cost-effectively than reliance on local resources alone. The approach applied here to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council is useful for an initial determination of the net benefits of long-line transmission between regions with heterogeneous resource quality.

Date: 2009
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