Relationship of the new homes resource to Bonneville Power Administration's 1986 resource strategy

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6723059

Foley, L O; Wilfert, G L

The 1986 Resource Strategy is a proposal that results from Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) annual resource planning cycle. It is primarily a decisionmaking tool designed to help BPA determine how to best meet its future load obligations and to provide guidance for program levels for the budget period. This report describes that proposal and the considerations and issues that go into developing the Resource Strategy, and specifically focuses on how the new homes resource (savings from the Model Conservation Standards proposed by the Northwest Power Planning Council) fits into BPA's resource strategies. The report also includes a brief review of the Council's resource strategies to meet load and how the MCS fits into its strategies. The goal of the Resource Strategy is to ensure that BPA provides its customers reliable service at the lowest possible cost while balancing different types of economic and programmatic effects. It specifies the conservation and generating acquisition activities that the agency plans to undertake in the next 3 to 5 years to meet its load obligations. In summarizing these activities, this report includes a brief, generic discussion of cost-effectiveness as it relates to the Resource Strategy, a description of the existing regional electrical system and how its characteristics affect both the choice and the timing of additional resources, and a discussion of how BPA selects the resources (e.g., their forecasts, analysis, and models) and how the resources come together to serve forecasted future loads.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6723059
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP/18690-2; ON: DE87006884
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320105* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
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DEMAND
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FORECASTING
HOUSES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POWER
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
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