Great informative article on grid transmission problems. In one of your links, I found another layer of complexity to the sale or auctioning and financing of grid capacity: "One financing tool the TFP (DOE’s Transmission Facilitation Program) uses is a “capacity contract” which allows the DOE to serve as an “anchor customer” by purchasing up to half of the maximum capacity of a new transmission line and then re-selling its capacity rights to others.” Once again, my mind is spinning...
Great informative article on grid transmission problems. In one of your links, I found another layer of complexity to the sale or auctioning and financing of grid capacity: "One financing tool the TFP (DOE’s Transmission Facilitation Program) uses is a “capacity contract” which allows the DOE to serve as an “anchor customer” by purchasing up to half of the maximum capacity of a new transmission line and then re-selling its capacity rights to others.” Once again, my mind is spinning...