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Title: Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users

Abstract

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)

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6666287
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Energy User News; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7:38
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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

Citation Formats

Tucker, L. Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Tucker, L. Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users. United States.
Tucker, L. 1982. "Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users". United States.
@article{osti_6666287,
title = {Coal-slurry pipeline plan splits Virginia users},
author = {Tucker, L},
abstractNote = {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)},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6666287}, journal = {Energy User News; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 7:38,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Mon Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}