TransmissionHub Forum: Renewable energy and the grid

July 26, 2018Moderator: Corina Rivera-Linares, chief analyst, TransmissionHubPanelists: Himali Parmar, principal, ICF

Dr. Dariush Shirmohammadi, technical director, CalWEA and executive vice president, GridBright, Inc. Dr. Brian Gemmell, vice president, Transmission Asset Management and Planning, National Grid and vice president, WIRES Group

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TransmissionHub Project Data

From January to July 2018, TransmissionHub has covered about $24.1bn worth of electric transmission projects in various stages of development, including:

• About $1.8bn worth of transmission projects that have been or will be completed in 2018

• About $1.3bn worth of transmission projects that will be completed in 2019• About $11bn worth of transmission projects that will be completed in 2020• About $1.2bn worth of transmission projects that will be completed in 2021• About $4.4bn worth of transmission projects that will be completed in 2022• About $1.1bn worth of transmission projects that will be completed in 2023

Projects completed or expected to be completed in 2018 include:

Project Name Sponsor Line MilesVoltage (kV)

From State To State Status Estimated Cost ($M)

Badger Coulee ATC, Xcel, others 180 345 WI WI In construction 580

Greentown-ReynoldsPioneer Transmission LLC,

NIPSCO 70 765 IN IN Complete 347Brazos Valley Connection CenterPoint Energy 60 345 TX TX Energized 285Harper-to-Milan 138-kV Transmission Line Project Mid-Kansas Electric Company 77 138 KS KS In service 65Oakville-Alliance 230-kV Transmission Line Entergy Louisiana 10.5 230 LA LA In service 60

Projects expected to be completed in 2019 include:

Project Name Sponsor Line MilesVoltage (kV)

From State To State Status Estimated Cost ($M)

Mark Twain Transmission Project ATXI 96 345 MO IA In

construction 250

Spring Valley-N. Lake Geneva Project ATC 23 138 WI WI

In design & construction

(vegetation management) 70.6

Boscobel to Lone Rock (Line Y124) Rebuild Project ATC 25 69 WI WI In design 32.4Possum Point-Smoketown Electric Transmission Improvement Project Dominion Energy 8.5 115 VA VA

In construction 18.8

Ross-Ginger Switch 138-kV Transmission Line Project AEP Ohio Transco 4.8 138 OH OH Permitting 10.1

Projects expected to be completed in 2020 include:

Project Name Sponsor Line MilesVoltage (kV)

From State To State Status Estimated Cost ($M)

Wind Catcher Energy Connection

Southwestern Electric Power Co. 350 765 OK OK Permitting 4.5bn

SunZia Southwest Transmission Project SunZia Transmission, LLC 520 500 NM AZ Permitting 2bn

Southline Transmission Project

Southline Transmission, L.L.C. 360 345 & 115 NM AZ

Construction to begin in

2018 800Independence Energy Connection Transource 45 230 PA MD Permitting 320Western Nassau Transmission Project PSEG Long Island 7 138 NY NY Permitting 176

Beyond 2020• The approximately $464m Alberhill System Project has an in-service date of June

2021; major components of the project include a new 500/115-kV transmission substation

• The estimated $3bn, 730-mile, 600-kV direct-current TransWest Express Transmission Project is estimated to be in service in 2021-2022

• The estimated $323.5m, 85-mile, 230-kV San Luis Transmission Project is expected to be in service in summer 2023

• The estimated $131.1m, 62-mile, 345-kV Lucky Corridor project has an estimated commercial operating date of July 31, 2023

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Renewable energy and energy storage initiatives include:

• New York: Regulators adopted Offshore Wind Standard; Energy Storage Roadmap also recently released

• Iowa: Governor signed legislation providing for study of electric vehicle infrastructure support

• New Jersey: Regulators approved issuance of request for quotation involving offshore wind

• Colorado: Governor signed legislation involving energy storage• Massachusetts: Projects continue to advance following Clean Energy

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Panelists’ presentations, followed by Q&A

• Himali Parmar, principal, ICF

• Dr. Dariush Shirmohammadi, technical director, CalWEA and executive vice president, GridBright, Inc.

• Dr. Brian Gemmell, vice president, Transmission Asset Management and Planning, National Grid and vice president, WIRES Group

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