Pueblo

I had an interesting conversation with Mark Courtney today, this time about
something that doesn't cost us money. He has gained a good bit of experience
on transmission availability in NW New Mexico from the Gallup electric
contract negotiation. His take on transmission constraints is consistent
with what Kevin and I had suspected: Alb. is a load pocket and the
prevailing flow is west to east into Alb. Constraints only affect west to
east flows and a generator in Alb. could always move power to four corners by
displacement. Courtney has worked with an ENA transmission guy named Steve
Walton who apparently has more experience with the 230Kv transmission lines
that had the problem that led to the recent blackouts in Alb. If we are not
talking to him already, he would be another guy worth talking to.