Steam--electric plant construction cost and annual production expenses 1975. Twenty-eighth annual supplement

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5900479

The 1975 supplement contains data for 621 conventional fossil-fueled steam--electric plants in the contiguous US, four in Hawaii, one in Alaska, and four in Puerto Rico. In addition, data on 38 nuclear-fueled steam--electric plants are reported in this supplement. Fourteen new fossil-fueled plants are reported for the first time. One fossil-fueled plant and one nuclear plant reported in prior supplements were omitted from this supplement. The 626 plants located in the US accounted for 99% of the capacity and 97% of the generation of utility-owned, fossil-fueled steam--electric plants in the US. At mid-1977, 252 new fossil-fueled units 300 MW and larger and totaling 145,002 MW were in preliminary test, under construction, or scheduled to start construction, for service between 1977 and 1986. Projected nuclear capacity as of the first half of 1977, for service during the period 1977 through 1986, was 130,532 MW in 121 units. Projected fossil-steam and nuclear-generating capacity additions for the 1976 through 1985 period were revised downward from the previous projection covering the 1975 through 1984 period. Recession-related financing problems and reduction in load growth during 1975 and 1976 forced a revision downward in projected capacity additions for the period 1976 through 1985. These same problems were the main reason for just a minimal increase in the amount of new capacity projections for the 1977 through 1986 period. Currently installed fossil-fueled and nuclear-fueled steam--electric capacity is 393,169 MW. The annual retirements of steam--electric generating capacity for the years 1951 to 1975 are shown.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 5900479
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0033/1; CRN-780106-00011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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