Transmission-line access for hydrothermal target prospects in the five Pacific Rim states: a legal/institutional analysis. Report No. 1022

Technical Report · Fri Jun 20 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5439078· OSTI ID:5439078

Transmission line access is discussed as a legal and institutional problem impacting geothermal commercialization. A legal and regulatory overview is presented starting with the Federal Power Act of 1935. The legal and institutional attributes of both Bonneville Power Authority and the California Power Pool as well as their satellite transmission systems are examined, with an eye towards the setting that they, as institutions, will present to geothermal commercialization. The physical realities of the problem are presented for the Geysers, Mono-Long Valley and Coso, Imperial Valley, and Oregon. (MHR)

• Research Organization: JM Energy Consultants, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79ET27241
• OSTI ID: 5439078
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/27241-T10; ON: DE82008498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
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