Table Total Nameplate Wind for the Cases Investigated (MW) New North of England Case Outside Case Orrington Maine [2] [4] [2] + ID Maine [3] [1] [3] = [4](a) Existing wind in New England (in service as of April 1 181 453 426 878 1, 2015) 2 RENEW Sensitivity 1 (less wind) 181 623 426 1,049 Proposed wind in New England with I.3.9 approval 3 230 857 488 1,345 (as of April 1, 2015) RENEW base case—STA-WI-studied wind (as of 4 334 1,149 426 1,575 October 1, 2013) 5 RENEW Sensitivity 2 (more wind) 1,185 2,084 426 2,510 RENEW Sensitivity 2 (more wind) and 1,000 MW of imports from New Brunswick, available for dispatch 5-NB 1,185 2,084 426 2,510 24 x 7 All future queue wind in New England (as of April 1, 6 2,829 3,727 678 4,405 2015) (a) Totals may not be exact due to rounding. Section 6.2 shows the wind units used in this study by case and subarea.
Table Total Nameplate Wind for the Cases Investigated (MW) Case ID Case North of Orrington [1] Maine [2] Outside Maine [3] New England [4] [2] + [3] = [4](a) 1 Existing wind in New England (in service as of April 1, 2015) 181 453 426 878 2 RENEW Sensitivity 1 (less wind) 181 623 426 1,049 3 Proposed wind in New England with I.3.9 approval (as of April 1, 2015) 230 857 488 1,345 4 RENEW base case—STA-WI-studied wind (as of October 1, 2013) 334 1,149 426 1,575 5 RENEW Sensitivity 2 (more wind) 1,185 2,084 426 2,510 5-NB RENEW Sensitivity 2 (more wind) and 1,000 MW of imports from New Brunswick, available for dispatch 24 x 7 1,185 2,084 426 2,510 6 All future queue wind in New England (as of April 1, 2015) 2,829 3,727 678 4,405 (a) Totals may not be exact due to rounding. Section 6.2 shows the wind units used in this study by case and subarea.
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