What is NTTG doing to relieve congestion?
NTTG members Idaho power, NorthWestern Energy, and PacifiCorp all have announced major transmission expansion projects targeted at relieving regional congestion and serving their customer’s load growth requirements. The members of NTTG participate in and rely on the transparency of Northern Tier’s sub-regional planning processes to further these projects. Congestion and congestion relief are high priority issues for the members of NTTG, and near-term benefits are expected from mechanisms that will facilitate the more efficient use of existing capacity, such as transparency into NTTG member transmission providers’ available transfer capability and supporting economic congestion studies as outlined in FERC’s Order 890. Long-term solutions will come from planning studies to identify key cost-effective transmission investments and working to facilitate their implementation.
