Alternative energy systems for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. : an economic analysis. [Monograph]

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6263033

Willey, W R.Z.; Roe, D B; Schroeder, C H

The Environmental Defense Fund has performed a comprehensive economic analysis of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's planned construction plan (double its electric-generating plant) for 1978--1996, and shows its various consequences. Three systems are labeled and characterized as follows. E1 is the current PG and E resource plan for energy investments during 1978--1996, which includes two nuclear units (1200 MW each) and two coal units (800 MW each) assumed to become operational during the 1980s; and six baseload (800 MW each) coal units or four nuclear units (1200 MW each), assumed operational in the 1990s. E2 is an investment mixture which removes four our of ten baseload coal and nuclear units from the PG and E resource plan and incorporates alternative energy sources, excluding wind, reaching the ''limited development'' level by 1996. E3 is an investment plan which eliminates nine out of ten coal and nuclear units (leaving one 800 MW unit, now planned by PG and E for operation by 1996) and incorporates somewhat more extensive development of alternative sources, including wind, reaching the ''moderate development'' level by 1996. Availability and cost of each source are detailed in Appendix I. The analysis is performed using a computerized financial model of the utility (detailed in Appendix II) which allows calculation of a series of financial indicators for any given year under any system and set of assumptions. The data values used in all cases are identified and described, and the sources given, in Appendix III. Comparisons and conclusions are given and explained in Appendix IV. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 6263033
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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