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 300 generators
- Over 8,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines
- 13 interconnections to electricity systems
in New York and Canada - More than 31,000 megawatts of total supply (plus 2,000 megawatts of demand-response)
- All-time peak demand of 28,130 megawatts,
set on August 2, 2006 - More than 400 participants in the marketplace
- $12 billion annual total energy market value (2008)
- $4 billion in transmission investment since 2002;
another $5.0 billion planned over next 10 years - Six major 345-kV projects constructed in four states