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Great Lakes Regional Wind Institute. Paul McGlynn Transmission Planning 3-17-08. PJM as Part of the Eastern Interconnection. KEY STATISTICS PJM member companies 500+ Millions of people served 51 Peak load in megawatts 145,000 MWs of generating capacity 165,000 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Great Lakes Regional Wind Institute
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Great Lakes Regional Wind Institute
Paul McGlynn
Transmission Planning
3-17-08
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PJM as Part of the Eastern Interconnection
KEY STATISTICSPJM member companies 500+Millions of people served 51Peak load in megawatts 145,000MWs of generating capacity 165,000Miles of transmission lines 56,250GWh of annual energy 729,000Generation sources 1,271Square miles of territory 164,260Area served 13 states + DC
26% of generation inEastern Interconnection
23% of load inEastern Interconnection
19% of transmission assets in Eastern Interconnection
19% of U.S. GDP is produced inPJM region
6,038 transmissionsubstations
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