Comments on the Glen Canyon Dam EIS treatment of demand-side management
Abstract
The Glen Canyon Dam EIS has developed a substantial body of research on the economic consequences of altering the dam and plant operation. The following comments deals only with the electric power planning aspects of the study in general and the demand-side management estimates in particular. Most of the material in the report Power System Impacts of Potential Changes in Glen Canyon Power Plant Operations'' is outside the area of DSM/C RE, but appears reasonable. In particular, the input assumptions relating to the potential costs of power plants for capacity expansion planning are not unlike the costs Argonne is using in its studies and those which are used by others when comparison are made to DSM program choices. Statement of Major Concerns. The central concerns of the DSM/C RE results shown in the Glen Canyon study are as follows: (1) The assumption that DSM will penetrate the systems of Western's customers to a level which would reduce peak demand by 10 percent in the baseline alternative is overly optimistic given (a) the current reductions from the C RE programs, (b) the economic incentives faced by Western's customers, and (c) the current manner in which Western's power is used by itsmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6690399
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EAIS/CP-77728; CONF-9210323-1
ON: DE93008666
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Power Resources Committee meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (United States), 13 Oct 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; OPERATION; PLANNING; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; DOCUMENT TYPES; ECONOMICS; POWER; 130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects; 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety
Citation Formats
Cavallo, J D. Comments on the Glen Canyon Dam EIS treatment of demand-side management. United States: N. p., 1992.
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Cavallo, J D. Comments on the Glen Canyon Dam EIS treatment of demand-side management. United States.
Cavallo, J D. 1992.
"Comments on the Glen Canyon Dam EIS treatment of demand-side management". United States.
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abstractNote = {The Glen Canyon Dam EIS has developed a substantial body of research on the economic consequences of altering the dam and plant operation. The following comments deals only with the electric power planning aspects of the study in general and the demand-side management estimates in particular. Most of the material in the report Power System Impacts of Potential Changes in Glen Canyon Power Plant Operations'' is outside the area of DSM/C RE, but appears reasonable. In particular, the input assumptions relating to the potential costs of power plants for capacity expansion planning are not unlike the costs Argonne is using in its studies and those which are used by others when comparison are made to DSM program choices. Statement of Major Concerns. The central concerns of the DSM/C RE results shown in the Glen Canyon study are as follows: (1) The assumption that DSM will penetrate the systems of Western's customers to a level which would reduce peak demand by 10 percent in the baseline alternative is overly optimistic given (a) the current reductions from the C RE programs, (b) the economic incentives faced by Western's customers, and (c) the current manner in which Western's power is used by its customers. (2) The result that DSM will reduce load by the same amount in each alternative is suspicious and unlikely.},
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year = {Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
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