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UCAN Alternatives Memo

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Summary:

Alternatives proposed by UCAN to be considered by the ISO from the Open House in San Diego.

Extract:

UCAN has a proposal, which we have dubbed “Mexico Light,” which could avoid part of the loss of import capacity to SDG&E and part of the loss of generation to California which currently result from tripping of SWPL. This proposal, if technically feasible, should provide several hundred Mw of increased NSIL for SDG&E at a cost of $10-20 million at most. This would provide only a partial alternative to the Sunrise project, but could dramatically improve SDG&E reliability in 2010 if, as is quite plausible, Sunrise is not operational by then. As such, we request the ISO to give this idea a prompt and thorough vetting.

Document Locations:

• California ISO Southern Renewables Transmission Planning