>*Grid-enhancing technologies can squeeze more juice out of existing grid systems, Clements. “The investments are modest, and the impacts are significant,” she said, pointing to a PPL Electric Utilities project in Pennsylvania.*
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>*Instead of rebuilding or reconductoring two 230-kV lines, PPL spent less than $300,000 installing sensors on the lines, according to Clements. The utility saved about $50 million in costs and immediately started saving about $20 million in annual congestion costs, she said.*
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>*Average “normal” capacity ratings on one line increased about 18% and on the other line increased about 19% while “emergency” ratings on the first line increased about 9% and on the second line about 17%, according to an April presentation on the project. Congestion costs in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 winters on one line fell from more than $60 million to about $1.6 million.*
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>*Grid-enhancing technologies can squeeze more juice out of existing grid systems, Clements. “The investments are modest, and the impacts are significant,” she said, pointing to a PPL Electric Utilities project in Pennsylvania.*
>
>*Instead of rebuilding or reconductoring two 230-kV lines, PPL spent less than $300,000 installing sensors on the lines, according to Clements. The utility saved about $50 million in costs and immediately started saving about $20 million in annual congestion costs, she said.*
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>*Average “normal” capacity ratings on one line increased about 18% and on the other line increased about 19% while “emergency” ratings on the first line increased about 9% and on the second line about 17%, according to an April presentation on the project. Congestion costs in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 winters on one line fell from more than $60 million to about $1.6 million.*