The CRA team was retained by a hyperscaler to perform a US wide transmission assessment to establish transmission availability (headroom) for interconnection of data centers. A Data Center load outlook and supply side projection was developed for each ISO and non-ISO region and extensive power flow analysis was performed under various contingency conditions to establish availability numbers. The analysis was supported by visualization tools to show headroom at a county/transmission owner level.
Wildfires likely to jolt rocketing California electricity costs
CRA’s Andy Dressel spoke with E&E News, a newsletter published by Politico, on the impact of recent wildfires in Southern California. The far-reaching,...