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NYISO - NYPA interest in Hudson Transmission Partners project
By Gil Coelho, Market Manager, NEPOOL & ISO-NY, GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA
In 2006, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) issued two RFPs
– one calling for 500MWs of supply to serve state government
customers in New York City (Astoria Energy II won the RFP
http://www.gdfsuezna.com/press/documents/AstoriaDoublesCapacityGlobalReleasePR.pdf)
and one for 500MWs of transmission into NYC.
The Hudson
Transmission Partners (HTP) project was ultimately selected to
build approximately a seven-mile transmission line with a total
capacity of 660MWs. This line would run from Bergen County to
ConEdison’s West 49th Street substation and include a four-mile
section under the Hudson River.
However, the project was
shelved due to high PJM interconnection fees.
Several
years later, the HTP project was reexamined because of the
pending retirement of New York’s Charles Poletti generation
plant. (See article in GSERNA’s previous newsletter
http://www.gdfsuezenergyresources.com/Ourexp/_2009 archives/Q4NE_Poletti.aspx).
Source :
http://hudsonproject.com
Modifications were made to lower costs. The original HTP
project was for 660MWs of PJM Firm Transmission Withdrawal
Rights (FTWR). But when changed to 320MWs of FTWR, the PJM
interconnection costs dropped. NYPA would have the option later
to increase the FTWR to 660MW.
Still, a NYC transmission
study in 2009 determined that the HTP line was not needed. NYPA
contends that it supports the HTP project not only because of
economics but also because of reliability and job creation.
NYPA wants to make a decision in the next 3 to 4 months. If
the HTP project is built, NYPA’s supply RFP for PJM generation
will exclude coal generation to prevent greenhouse gas leakage –
buying dirtier power from PJM states that do not participate in
regional greenhouse gas initiatives.
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