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Intertie Offers More Capacity
Nov 25, 2008 - Wind Energy Weekly
Less than three months after deeming its open season
capacity auction a success when wind developers
jumped to secure space on the planned transmission
line, the Wyoming-Colorado Intertie (WCI) announced
it is making available the remaining 265 MW of unsold
capacity.
In late August WCI announced that Duke Energy Ohio,
Inc., and GreenHunter Wind, LLC, were awarded a
total of 585 MW in capacity (about 70% of total
capacity) on the planned 345-kV line that would
link Wyoming with Colorado (see Wind Energy Weekly#1304).
GreenHunter Wind and Duke Energy Ohio are both wind
developers with wind farms under development near
Chugwater, Wyo.
Now the additional capacity is being made available
on an application basis in conformity with the WCI
Open Access Transmission Tariff that is posted on
the WCI Web site, www.WCIntertie.com . Qualified
applicants will be awarded capacity at the posted
minimum price after a posting period of 30 days
following the submittal of a completed application,
unless applications exceed the 265 MW available,
which would trigger an auction process.
The WCI Project is a public-private development
partnership involving the Wyoming Infrastructure
Authority, Trans-Elect Development Co., LLC, and
the Western Area Power Administration, with Trans-Elect
leading the development effort.