The cross-border intertie has never met capacity, offering lessons on what stands in the way of the Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan for an east-to-west grid
What exactly is the benefit of an intertie if it’s always running at max capacity?
How would it “make infrastructure more reliable against extreme weather”?
It can’t be used in the event of a local station going down, because it was already running at max capacity anyways. So yes, it stays up while the local generator goes down, but it’s not enough to keep the grid up by itself.
What exactly is the benefit of an intertie if it’s always running at max capacity?
How would it “make infrastructure more reliable against extreme weather”?
It can’t be used in the event of a local station going down, because it was already running at max capacity anyways. So yes, it stays up while the local generator goes down, but it’s not enough to keep the grid up by itself.