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Title: Analysis of the need for intermediate and peaking technologies in the year 2000

Abstract

This analysis was conducted to assess the impact of load management on the future need for intermediate- and peak-generating technologies (IPTs) such as combustion turbines, pumped storage, and cycling coal plants. There will be a reduced need for IPTs if load-management activities such as time-of-use pricing, together with customer-owned energy-storage devices, hot-water-heater controls, and interruptible service, can economically remove most of the variation from electric-power demands. Therefore, the analysis assesses the need for IPTs in an uncertain future, which will probably include load management and time-differentiated electricity prices. Section 2 provides a condensed description of the models used in the analysis. (Details and data sets are contained in the appendixes.) Results of sensitivities on growth rates, model parameters, and appliance saturations are discussed in Section 3, which also contains the analysis of the potential impacts of customer energy storage, appliance control, and time-of-use pricing. The future need for intermediate and peaking technologies is analyzed in Section 4.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Decision Focus, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6882953
Report Number(s):
DOE/RA/29999-01
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-79ET29999
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; LOAD MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; PEAK LOAD; POWER GENERATION; FORECASTING; DATA COMPILATION; ENERGY MODELS; ENERGY STORAGE; POWER PLANTS; TIME-OF-USE PRICING; DATA; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL DATA; PRICES; STORAGE; 296000* - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power; 292000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Supply, Demand & Forecasting; 290100 - Energy Planning & Policy- Energy Analysis & Modeling

Citation Formats

Barrager, S M, and Campbell, G L. Analysis of the need for intermediate and peaking technologies in the year 2000. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6882953.
Barrager, S M, & Campbell, G L. Analysis of the need for intermediate and peaking technologies in the year 2000. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6882953
Barrager, S M, and Campbell, G L. 1980. "Analysis of the need for intermediate and peaking technologies in the year 2000". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6882953. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6882953.
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title = {Analysis of the need for intermediate and peaking technologies in the year 2000},
author = {Barrager, S M and Campbell, G L},
abstractNote = {This analysis was conducted to assess the impact of load management on the future need for intermediate- and peak-generating technologies (IPTs) such as combustion turbines, pumped storage, and cycling coal plants. There will be a reduced need for IPTs if load-management activities such as time-of-use pricing, together with customer-owned energy-storage devices, hot-water-heater controls, and interruptible service, can economically remove most of the variation from electric-power demands. Therefore, the analysis assesses the need for IPTs in an uncertain future, which will probably include load management and time-differentiated electricity prices. Section 2 provides a condensed description of the models used in the analysis. (Details and data sets are contained in the appendixes.) Results of sensitivities on growth rates, model parameters, and appliance saturations are discussed in Section 3, which also contains the analysis of the potential impacts of customer energy storage, appliance control, and time-of-use pricing. The future need for intermediate and peaking technologies is analyzed in Section 4.},
doi = {10.2172/6882953},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6882953}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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