Utah energy-facility-siting study. Phase II: Colorado Plateau

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5344757

The general purposes of the Great Basin Study were: to understand the balance between social/economic/resource/environmental interests in the study areas; to facilitate the siting of energy facilities in the study areas; and to reduce planning/construction lead time through limited pre-evaluation of siting zones. Although the emphasis of this study is on the supply side of the electricity production-transmission-distribution market, the study is based on understanding the needs of the West for new electric generating capacity. The end products of the Colorado Plateau Study are: an inventory of pre-evaluated general zones for energy facility siting with definition of the general limits of that pre-evaluation; an analysis of the tradeoffs of locating coal-fired steam electric plants and/or synthetic fuel developments in the general zones of siting feasibility; an analysis and forecast of the demographic and economic impacts of given levels of energy development on the Plateau; an examination of the sociocultural impacts of energy development with recommendations for mitigation strategies, and a description of the current institutional framework for financing impact mitigation measures; a report on the competitive position of Utah coals in the power generation market in the western US, with consideration of a potential Far East export market; a review of water supply conditions on the Plateau with attention to the issues of both water quantity and quality; and an analysis of the legal and regulatory process for siting and constructing energy facilities with consideration of strategies for coordinating and expediting project decisions. Each of these items is discussed.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA); Utah State Univ., Logan (USA); Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AM03-77SF01484
• OSTI ID: 5344757
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/01484-T8; ON: DE82008979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COLORADO PLATEAU
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
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FORECASTING
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FUEL SUPPLIES
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MATERIALS
MOUNTAINS
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