How would the JDF Cable Project benefit the Pacific Northwest Region?
Renewable Energy Source Firming/Reinforcing The energy output from many renewable energy resources, such as wind, tends to peak at different times in geographically disparate areas. By providing more and better interconnection between such areas, regional grids can mutually reinforce each other, allowing a higher penetration of renewable energy for both than either could achieve independently. Reliability Enhancing/Economy Stimulating Port Angeles and Victoria are each at the ends of radial transmission lines, making them more prone to electrical outages. By interconnecting the two systems, the JdF Cable Project will increase local reliability and add to the transmission capacity in the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island areas. The new connection effectively becomes a new Blaine Intertie between the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, allowing bi-directional energy exchange and stimulating economic development on both sides of the border. Sea Breeze is committed to leaving cons
