Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users

Journal Article · Mon Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Energy User News; (United States)

OSTI ID:6666287

Tucker, L

If the state permits the Virginia Electric Power Co. (VEPCO) to build a 400-mile slurry pipeline to lower the cost of transporting fuels, the utility will make surplus capacity available to industrial users at their own expense. Delivery costs by slurry pipeline will be $8 to $14 a ton, compared to $19.50 by rail. VEPCO is seeking repeal of an existing state law prohibiting a coal-slurry pipeline. Environmentalists oppose the pipeline because of the amount of fresh water needed; railroad companies because of possible revenue losses. Only industrialists close to the utility facility see any economic benefit from tapping on to the proposed pipeline. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 6666287
• Journal Information: Energy User News; (United States), Vol. 7:38
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
SLURRY PIPELINES
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FUEL SLURRIES
LEGAL ASPECTS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FREIGHT PIPELINES
FUELS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
PIPELINES
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
296000* - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power
013000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Transport
Handling
& Storage