Key Facts
New England's Power System and Wholesale
Electricity Market
Electricity Market
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- 6.5 million households and businesses;
population 14 million - More than 350 generators
- Over 8,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines
- 12 interconnections to electricity systems
in New York and Canada - More than 32,000 megawatts of total supply (includes 1,500 megawatts of demand-response capacity)
- All-time peak demand of 28,130 megawatts,
set on August 2, 2006 - More than 300 participants in the marketplace
(those who generate, buy, sell, transport, and use
wholesale electricity) - $10 billion annual total energy market value (2007)
- More than $1.0 billion in transmission investment since 2002; another $4.0 billion planned over next 10 years
- Five major 345-kilovolt projects already in various stages of construction and operation
