PJM works on 130-MW RES Americas wind project in North Carolina

October 3, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

PJM Interconnection has issued a September 2016 System Impact Study on a wind project of RES Americas Development Inc., with Virginia Electric and Power Co. (VEPCO) as the interconnecting utility.

The intent of the System Impact Study is to determine a plan, with approximate cost and construction time estimates, to connect the subject generation interconnection project to the PJM network at a location specified by RES Americas.

RES Americas has proposed a wind generating facility located northwest of Colombia in Tyrell County, North Carolina. The installed facilities will have a total capability of 130 MW with 16.9 MW of this output being recognized by PJM as capacity. The proposed in-service date for this project is Dec. 30, 2016. This study does not imply a VEPCO commitment to this in-service date.

The project, under queue #AB1-013, will interconnect with the VEPCO transmission system as a tap onto the Riders Creek 115-kV substation bus.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.