Delays and cancellations of coal-fired generating capacity: review, data evaluation, and recommendations for improved forecasting
This report documents the extent of the electric utilities' difficulty in planning power generating units and proposes a technique for improving the predictions. Additional work is currently under way to test the methodology proposed here. The results of these efforts will be reported in a companion volume as soon as they are available. Chapter 1 examines delays and cancellations from a historical perspective. It evaluates the reasons for the difficulty and the potential impact on the electric utility industry and the electric power consumer. Chapter 2 examines the relationships between delays and cancellations, and identifies the data that could be used in an improved prediction method. Three methods are discussed, based on three types of data, and one system is recommended for implementation.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-81OR20837
- OSTI ID:
- 5909663
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIA-0406; ON: DE83017021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Addressing delayed case reporting in infectious disease forecast modeling
Energy in Tennessee: the report of the Governor's Task Force on Energy
Related Subjects
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY DEMAND
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT
FORECASTING
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
CONSTRUCTION
COAL
CONSUMER PROTECTION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
PLANNING
POWER GENERATION
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DEMAND
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
296001* - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power Generation- (-1989)
294001 - Energy Planning & Policy- Coal