US wind industry pushes FERC for higher grid link standards
Washington (Platts)--24Sep2004
The American Wind Energy Assoc has asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to add special interconnection requirements for large wind generators to the agency's existing standards for generators connecting to a transmission power grid, it said Friday. AWEA added an Appendix G to FERC's Border 2003-A, which gives basic guidance for power generators. The additional standards call for FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Council, transmission providers and utility customers to come to the table to create uniform national standards for inter-connection between wind generators and grid operators. "We in the wind industry need to take our place like everyone else," said Jim Caldwell, director of policy at PPM Energy on behalf of the AWEA. "The northeast blackout really brought this home."
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