Socioeconomic effects of power marketing alternatives for the Central Valley and Washoe Projects: 2005 regional econmic impact analysis using IMPLAN

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/417619· OSTI ID:417619

Anderson, D M; Godoy-Kain, P; Gu, A Y; Ulibarri, C A

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) was founded by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 to market and transmit federal hydroelectric power in 15 western states outside the Pacific Northwest, which is served by the Bonneville Power Administration. Western is divided into four independent Customer Service Regions including the Sierra Nevada Region (Sierra Nevada), the focus of this report. The Central Valley Project (CVP) and the Washoe Project provide the primary power resources marketed by Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada also purchases and markets power generated by the Bonneville Power Administration, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), and various power pools. Sierra Nevada currently markets approximately 1,480 megawatts of power to 77 customers in northern and central California. These customers include investor-owned utilities, public utilities, government agencies, military bases, and irrigation districts. Methods and conclusions from an economic analysis are summarized concerning distributional effects of alternative actions that Sierra Nevada could take with it`s new marketing plan.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Western Area Power Administration, Golden, CO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 417619
• Report Number(s): PNNL--11411; ON: DE97050697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FORECASTING
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
MARKETING
PUBLIC UTILITIES