Comments on: Trade-in the 20th Century Electric Grid, Don’t Trade-off Local Energy

By: Merle

Merle — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:46:00 +0000

Distributed generation (wind,solar) are a big of the new energy policy.
and the local utilities need to step up to the plate and do there part
to make it work, pay the going rate to someone who put in
a solar or wind project (not 3 cents a kw) but the same rate they
pay to the big companies for elec. Also we do need to up grade our
trans. lines to move power from were you have good wind for a
wind farm to were it is needed. ( like Western new york (Chautauqua Eire Catt. counties )to new york city .

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:35:00 +0000

Last summer the EIA calculated 7%.

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=105&t=3

And we’re working on getting that number down. Looks like we’re getting close to replacing transformers with solid state switching devices. That will eliminate a lot of the transmission loss problems – electricity going away as transformer heat.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:29:00 +0000

7-10% or the energy generated in the US is “loss” in transmission.

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:45:00 +0000

A biased (possibly paid interest) OpEd in the NY Times? I’ve never heard of such a thing.

Good rebuttal.