As a result of all of this recent interest, policy makers are asking questions like these: Can the Michigan electric grid accommodate this much new wind energy development? How much grid expansion is going to be necessary to accommodate planned Michigan wind developments? How should grid improvements be scheduled and made? Who will pay for those grid improvements?

The Renewable and Other Generation Integration Workgroup (formerly the Wind Energy Studies Group) will focus on transmission planning related to wind energy resource development but it will also consider other generation integration issues to identify ways to best coordinate and hopefully optimize transmission expansion in Michigan. The ultimate goals of this group are to examine the likely costs and benefits of different development scenarios for future Michigan electric power generation, and to develop a plan to optimize transmission expansion to support the plan to optimize transmission expansion to support the development of renewable and other generation in the state. As an initial task, this workgroup will help guide the on-going Michigan Wind Energy Transmission Study (MI-WETS). That study is exploring transmission needs for various levels of future wind energy development in various promising areas in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

Proposals and Comments

ITC Preliminary Draft Report, Sept 08

Wind units in MISO queue, 2007

Estimate of Future Wind Development Locations, Draft

Wind Study Documents

Staff Report to the MPSC, July 31, 2009

 

MISO's MTEP 2009 20% Renewable Future (Draft Proposed by MISO)

• MISO Renweable Future MTEP 2009 Slides (map included), 3/18/08
• MISO Renewable Future MTEP 2009 Draft Siting Spreadsheet, 3/18/08

MISO's MTEP 2008 20% Renewable Future

• MISO Renweable Future MTEP 2008 Slides (map included)
• MISO Renewable Future MTEP 2008 Siting Spreadsheet