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The North American Electric Power System, 2012 edition, is the cornerstone of Platts award-winning, electric power suite of map products and is an important visual tool for understanding the generation, transmission and utility landscape of the United States. A staple of boardrooms and offices for over a decade, editions of this map have won numerous cartographic awards and are part of the permanent collection of the United States Library of Congress.
This map depicts power plants, transmission lines, and major utility service territories in the United States and Canada. It is the most current and up to date electric system map on the market, showing over 500 planned power generation projects and 73,000 miles of planned transmission projects in addition to comprehensive coverage of the existing transmission and generation landscape.
Product Features
- Existing and planned power plants with 100MW or greater in generation capacity. Plants are sized by nameplate capacity, colored with primary fuel and labeled with name and operator
- Transmission lines colored by voltage (greater or equal to 161 kV are shown) and labeled with owner name. Both existing and planned transmission are represented.
- Investor owned utility (IOU) service territories labeled with company name
- Major substations labeled with name
- Megawatt-Daily pricing hubs labeled with hub name
- Detailed inset maps of urban areas
- Detailed inset map of Alaska and Northwest Canada
- Inset maps showing NERC regions and RTO/ISO regions
- Revealing graphs & charts showing Fossil Fuel Costs for Electricity Generation, US Electric Net Summer Capacity, US Electric Power Net Generation, Average Capacity Factors by Energy Source and Renewable Energy Consumption in the overall US Energy Supply
- Informative maps displaying Average Residential Price of Electricity by State, US Electric Industry Generating Capacity by State, US Electric Industry Ultimate Customers by State, US Electric Net Generation by State, US Electric Total Retail Sales by State and US Electric Industry Total Revenues by State
- Major cities and state capitals
- Major rivers and water bodies
- Tables showing map feature abbreviations
Benefits
- Plan and strategize using a complete view of the North American generation and transmission system.
- See the retail service territories for over 1,000 utilities, and explore potential mergers and acquisitions
- Monitor your competitors’ market penetration
- See new transmission line expansions and planned generation
- Explore grid connectivity and routing possibilities
- Take an initial research step when investigating land use and right-of-way possibilities
Purchase and Delivery Options
Product options
This map is available in the following sizes:
Map dimension: 42 x 72 inches
Select the version that best meets your needs
Glossy format
Printed on heavyweight, photo-quality glossy paper to enhance the richness of the colors, this version is suitable for framing or display.
Laminated
Printed on a durable paper and then laminated, this version can be marked up again and again for analysis and brainstorming purposes.
CD-ROM
The CD-ROM version of the Electric Power System of North America, 2012 edition is the portable version of this cornerstone of Platts award-winning, electric power suite of map products and is a great visual tool for understanding the generation, transmission and utility landscape of the United States. This map depicts power plants, substations, transmission lines, utility service territories in
N. America.
Platts US Electric Power System CD-ROM includes all the valuable information you'll find on the wall map, but in a handy, portable format that's perfect for anyone who has a shortage of wall space. Print out specific pages to take with you or share at a meeting, or, using Adobe Acrobat, extract snapshots of specific areas to help illustrate emails and presentations.