Rocky Mountain coal for southern California's coal-fired electric power generation

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6171938· OSTI ID:6171938

Anderson, O L

This report is a scaled-down version of a Study of Alternative Locations of Coal-Fired Electrical Generating Plants to Supply Western Coal to the Department of Water Resources. It covers three aspects of the major report: (1) coal resources in the Upper Colorado Plateau, (2) the possible transportation of those coal resources to southern California, and (3) the cost analyses of the coal transportation. Descriptions of 92 coalfields within an 800-mile radius of the Los Angeles energy market are included. The general legal regulations governing the acquisition and development of coal from state, federal, and private lands are discussed. This report also describes the existing and potential methods of transporting the coal to southern California.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6171938
• Report Number(s): LA-6915-MS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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