Sunday, July 26, 2009

Master Electrical Transmission Plan for NYC

http://www.nycedc.com/NewsPublications/Studies/MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC/Documents/MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC.pdf

Finally a document that actually looks at various alternatives. The NYRI project was included, and according to the document, it has the highest total cost of all alternatives evaluated (see page 17 of 248).

The economic "winner" is to construct a 500 MW combined-cycle powerplant by 2019. The economic "loser" is the NYRI project.