Download or read book A Report on the Estimated Impact of Nuclear Power Plants on Texas Ratepayers written by Bob Reilley and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of the Financial and Ratepayer Impacts of Nuclear Power Plant Regulatory Reform written by Annette Youngblood Turpin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report estimates the financial impact on utilities and ratepayers of nuclear power plant regulatory reforms. Three situations are investigated: (1) no reform, (2) combined early-site-permit and preapproval-of-design reforms, and (3) total reform. Also, two types of capacity additions are evaluated using two utility companies as case studies: (1) nuclear plus generic capacity, and (2) all-nuclear capacity. Results indicate that both the shorter construction lead-time afforded by nuclear regulatory reform and the timing of new capacity additions are extremely important in enabling a utility to remain in a healthy financial position while adding capacity to meet future demand and at the same time reducing the price of electricity to the ratepayers. The lower added capital costs and fuel cost savings obtained from reformed nuclear units allow a utility dependent on oil and gas steam generation to experience price decreases as these new units begin commercial operation. The study also points out that in simulations excluding the shorter lead-time generic capacity, price increases were greater and financial performance was worse for both utilities. These facts indicate the importance of shortening the construction lead-time through nuclear regulatory reform so that nuclear power will be more competitive with coal. 19 refs., 4 figs., 3 tabs.
Download or read book Energy in Texas written by Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. State Energy Policies Policy Research Project and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Economic Impacts of Nuclear Power Plants written by University of Pennsylvania. Department of Regional Science. Energy Policy Project and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of the Financial and Ratepayer Impacts of Nuclear Power Plant Regulatory Reform written by Annette Youngblood Turpin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 48 Regarding South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 written by U. S. Nuclear Commission and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the renewed license is issued, the appropriate energy-planning decisionmakers, along with STPNOC, will ultimately decide if the reactor units will continue to operate based on factors such as the need for power. If the operating licenses are not renewed, then the facility must be shut down on or before the expiration dates of the current operating licenses-August 20, 2027, and December 15, 2028.
Download or read book Energy Development and Land Use in Texas written by Evelyn K. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Identifying the Effect of Nuclear Power Expansion on Energy Costs written by Thomas Jefferson McCall and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, nuclear energy has experienced a renaissance. The demand for energy is projected to rise 20% by the year 2020 and 40% by 2030. This demand increase is due in part to declining construction and operating costs of nuclear power plants and rising costs of fossil fuel energy sources. In this paper, the relationship between nuclear energy production and energy costs is analyzed. Using data from the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, the effect of changes in states' energy production on their overall energy costs is estimated. In order to isolate the effect of each energy source on energy costs, a multivariate regression including nuclear power, coal, natural gas, oil, and renewable energy is used. Operating costs and consumer energy prices were chosen as proxies for energy costs. Specifications are estimated including state effects, year effects, and state-specific time trends. Estimates suggest that a substantial portion of operating costs is attributable to factors specific to select states. These states, Texas, California, and Louisiana, increase the impact of all energy sources on operating costs and strongly impact the effect of nuclear power, natural gas, and crude oil on these costs. The evidence for the impact of state-specific factors on energy prices is considerably weaker and for some sources of energy, in the opposite direction of the effect on operating costs. Although results indicate that low operating costs in select states have not necessarily translated into lower consumer prices, they do offer a guideline for policies to target states that operate power plants (nuclear and other energy sources) relatively cost-effectively.
Download or read book The Economic Consequences of Regulatory Accounting in the Nuclear Power Industry written by Patricia J. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1972 and 1990, US electric utility companies cancelled orders for 117 nuclear power plants (NEI, 1996, pp. 1-6). The regulatory accounting methods adopted by utility rate setting commissions determined whether utilities could recover the losses on cancelled plants through higher rates. In effect, the choice of accounting methods determined how billions of dollars invested in cancelled nuclear plants was allocated between utility stockholders, ratepayers, and taxpayers (DOE/EIA, 1983, pp. ix-x). Our paper examines the economic consequences to stockholders of capital project abandonments in a regulated industry. The results show that while regulatory treatment of abandonment costs was generally favorable to investors, the market reacted negatively to nuclear project abandonment announcements indicating that investors did not expect to fully recoup abandonment losses. Two stage regression is used to investigate the determinants of the market's reaction to project cancellations.
Download or read book Texas State Documents written by Texas State Publications Clearinghouse and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of the Feasibility Economic Impact and Effectiveness of Underground Nuclear Power Plants Final Technical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on underground nuclear power plants is presented concerning underground nuclear power plant concepts; public health impacts; technical feasibility of underground concepts; economic impacts of underground construction; and evaluation of related issues.
Download or read book The Power of Change written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissions resulting from many forms of electricity generation create environmental risks that could have significant negative economic, security, and human health consequences. Large-scale installation of cleaner power generation has been generally hampered because greener technologies are more expensive than the technologies that currently produce most of our power. Rather than trade affordability and reliability for low emissions, is there a way to balance all three? The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies considers how to speed up innovations that would dramatically improve the performance and lower the cost of currently available technologies while also developing new advanced cleaner energy technologies. According to this report, there is an opportunity for the United States to continue to lead in the pursuit of increasingly clean, more efficient electricity through innovation in advanced technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies makes the case that America's advantagesâ€"world-class universities and national laboratories, a vibrant private sector, and innovative states, cities, and regions that are free to experiment with a variety of public policy approachesâ€"position the United States to create and lead a new clean energy revolution. This study focuses on five paths to accelerate the market adoption of increasing clean energy and efficiency technologies: (1) expanding the portfolio of cleaner energy technology options; (2) leveraging the advantages of energy efficiency; (3) facilitating the development of increasing clean technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and cleaner fossil; (4) improving the existing technologies, systems, and infrastructure; and (5) leveling the playing field for cleaner energy technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies is a call for leadership to transform the United States energy sector in order to both mitigate the risks of greenhouse gas and other pollutants and to spur future economic growth. This study's focus on science, technology, and economic policy makes it a valuable resource to guide support that produces innovation to meet energy challenges now and for the future.
Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Technological and Economic Future of Nuclear Power written by Reinhard Haas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still a heavily disputed issue. Aside from technical risks, safety issues, and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste disposal, the economic performance is currently a major barrier. In recent years, the costs have skyrocketed especially in the European countries and North America. At the same time, the costs of alternatives such as photovoltaics and wind power have significantly decreased. Contents History and Current Status of the World Nuclear Industry The Dramatic Decrease of the Economics of Nuclear Power Nuclear Policy in the EU The Legacy of Csernobyl and Fukushima Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Alternatives: Heading Towards Sustainable Electricity Systems Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of political, economic and technical sciences Energy (policy) experts, nuclear energy experts and practitioners, economists, engineers, consultants, civil society organizations The Editors Prof. Dr. Reinhard Haas is University Professor of energy economics at the Institute of Energy Systems and Electric Drives at Technische Universität Wien, Austria. PD Dr. Lutz Mez is Associate Professor at the Department for Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. PD Dr. Amela Ajanovic is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives at Technische Universität Wien, Austria.--
Download or read book Utilities Code written by Texas and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electricity Economics written by Geoffrey S. Rothwell and published by Wiley-IEEE Press. This book was released on 2003-02-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written originally as a manual for the Federal Energy Commission to train regional rate regulators, this is a clear, comprehensive primer on the principles of economics and finance underlying the regulation of electricity markets and the deregulation of electricity generation.
Download or read book Productivity Through Energy Innovation written by Craig B. Smith and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1986 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
