ISO NE and Vermont Yankee: Without Vermont Yankee, ISO NE Predicts Possible Transmission Line Melting

ISO NE and Vermont Yankee: Without Vermont Yankee, ISO NE Predicts Possible Transmission Line Melting

The Auction and the Melting Transmission Lines

Two months ago, I noted that ISO-NE refused to let Vermont Yankee drop out of the 2013 power auction.

Since it is not clear that Vermont Yankee will be operating in 2013, I found this announcement strange. The grid operator (ISO-NE) won't let Vermont Yankee drop out of an auction? Huh? The news appeared and disappeared in local newspapers with the speed of a greased pig escaping its captors. Now you have it, now you don't. Where did it go?

Yesterday, ISO-NE explained the situation more clearly. "Melting transmission lines" is more understandable than the statement: "Vermont Yankee must stay in the forward power auction." Read More

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