Data and analysis needed to prepare and electric-utility integrated resource plan

Conference · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10149716

Hirst, E

This paper discusses the importance of integrated resource planning (IRP) and the key elements of such a resource plan. This paper is based on an ORNL project, which involved review of about 30 resource plans from utilities throughout the US (Hirst et al. 1990; Schweitzer el al. 1990). Since completion of that project, I have continued to review utility plans; this paper draws primarily on the roughly 30 utility plans prepared in 190 and 1991 that I reviewed. Where appropriate, I mention how the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 affect such planning. Although little has been written to date about the relationship between resource planning and compliance with the CAAA (Rose and Burns 1991), that situation is almost certain to change because of the strong links between the two activities. The paper discusses the following topics: purposes of an integrated resource plan, forecasts of electricity use and peak demands, assessment of supply and demand alternatives, resource integration, and uncertainty analysis. 40 refs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10149716
• Report Number(s): CONF-9205161--1; ON: DE92013863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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COMPLIANCE
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FORECASTING
PLANNING
POWER DEMAND
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
US CLEAN AIR ACT