Assessment of electric-utility supply plans, 1978-2000. [CEC staff analysis]

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5264657

Simon, G; Hargan, G; Patel, V; Wong, E

The Warren-Alquist Act requires the electric utilities to submit 20-year load forecast and resource plans every two years. The law requires the Commission to evaluate the probable service area and statewide, environmental, and economic impact and the health and safety aspect of constructing and operating the facilities proposed. In addition, the Commission must evaluate reasonable alternative technologies to those proposed facilities. This report presents the staff's analysis of the feasibility and implications of supply plans formulated by the state's electric utilities to meet their forecasted electricity demand. It presents a summary of the utilities' supply plans, the factors by which the utilities' supply plans are evaluated, staff's conclusions on a statewide basis with some utility-specific recommendations, and lastly, a utility-by-utility detailed analysis. It also forms the basic critique of the utilities' resource plans and establishes the foundation for examination of alternatives. These alternatives are evaluated in a separate report, Energy Futures for California: Two Scenarios, 1978-2000. The analysis of the utilities' load forecasts is also contained in a separate document entitled California Energy Demand, 1978-2000: A Preliminary Assessment published in August 1979. 16 figures, 65 tables.

• Research Organization: California Energy Commission, Sacramento (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5264657
• Report Number(s): P-102-79-015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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