Author: Jon Kaake
ColumbiaGrid’s 2008 System Assessment report is a major achievement on the road to our biennial transmission plan. In addition to weaknesses in the transmission system, the assessment underscored the value of a unified regional planning process. Read full article >>
June 05, 2008: System Assessment Complete; Study Teams Formed
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
ColumbiaGrid put finishing touches on a system assessment study in May and has convened study teams to address multi-system issues in North downtown Seattle, the Olympic Peninsula, and in the mid-Columbia area. Read full article >>
June 05, 2008: Uprate to Canada Under Study
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
ColumbiaGrid and BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC) have teamed up to study the potential for increasing the south-to-north rating of the transmission system between the Northwest and British Columbia. Read full article >>
June 05, 2008: Rolling on Redispatch
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
Stepping ahead from its 2007 reliability studies, ColumbiaGrid is discussing ideas for redispatch that would match buyers and sellers of redispatch service and provide a technical platform to route signals that move generation among control areas. Read full article >>
June 05, 2008: Meet Our Participants: BPA
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
The featured participant in this edition of GridLines hardly needs an introduction. The Bonneville Power Administration has been a fixture in the Northwest for over 70 years. One of ColumbiaGrid’s original members, BPA owns and operates over 15,100 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission line and related facilities, including 259 substations. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: OASIS Pact Ready for Prime Time
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
An agreement to formalize ColumbiaGrid’s effort to develop an Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) portal is out for signature. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: From the Desk of CEO Jon Kaake
Author: Jon Kaake
As we turn the page on 2007 and enter 2008, I've been contemplating the role of collaboration in our work here at ColumbiaGrid. No man is an island, and unless there is a serious problem going on, neither is any part of the transmission grid. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: Pieces Come Together for Biennial Plan
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
ColumbiaGrid has passed a major milestone in developing its first biennial transmission plan. ColumbiaGrid planners completed a compilation of proposed projects that have regional significance in terms of their impact on the high-voltage bulk transmission system and potential to affect other facilities. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: Up to Speed on Projects
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
ColumbiaGrid is shepherding two fast-track BPA projects – West of McNary (WOM) and I-5 Corridor Reinforcement (I-5) – through the regional planning process. Another study – Puget Sound Area – has moved off the back burner. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: Short Takes
Author: ColumbiaGrid
Reliability: It’s almost a wrap on four major studies called for under the Developmental and Staffing Reliability Functional Agreement (DSRFA). A report on BPA's reliability redispatch pilot project has gone to the federal agency, ColumbiaGrid is finalizing a study on improving outage coordination, and reports on visibility tools and ACE diversity interchange are nearing completion. Also, read how ColumbiaGrid assisted with Attachment Ks. Read full article >>
November 28, 2007: Avista Corporation
Author: ColumbiaGrid Staff
In this GridLines feature, we would like to introduce you to Avista Corporation, one of the seven original members of ColumbiaGrid. Read full article >>
July 09, 2007: ColumbiaGrid Begins 10-Year Transmission Plan
Author: Clearing Up, Steve Ernst
Download PDFJuly 05, 2007: ColumbiaGrid Corrals Projects to Build Master Plan, July 5, 2007, Wheels in Motion for 10-Year Plan
Download PDFSeptember 01, 2006: Pacific Northwest Faces Unprecedented Change in Way Utilities
Author: Libby Tucker- Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland)
http://www.djc-or.com/May 01, 2006: New Group Services Northwest Interconnection
Author: Transmission and Distribution World
http://tdworld.com/business/power_new_group_serves/index.htmlApril 14, 2006: ColumbiaGrid Transmission Group Adopts Bylaws Naming Members
Author: Business Wire
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_April_14/ai_n16125022/pg_1April 11, 2006: “ColumbiaGrid Treansmission Group Incorporates as Washington Nonprofit Corporation”
Author: dBusiness News (Seattle)
