Download or read book Guidelines for Implementing an Effective Integrated Resource Planning Process written by Inc. Vista Consulting Group and published by Amer Water Works Assn. This book was released on 1997 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents six case studies of water utilities which have implemented some form of IRP process to illustrate the successes and problems encountered. Chapter 1 of this report introduces the concept of IRP (Integrated Resource Planning) and compares the IRP approach with traditional and least-cost planning approaches. Chapter 2 defines the key terms used throughout the manual and discusses the history of IRP in the energy industry (electric and gas utilities). It addresses the need for IRP in the water industry and sets forth the fundamentals or components of the IRP process. Chapter 3 presents a summary of the water resource management and planning processes of all the water utility participants on this projects. It also provides detailed discussions of the lessons learned from the six case study utilities and the strengths and weaknesses of their approaches. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority case study was conducted through on-site interviews. The remaining five case studies were conducted through telephone interviews and through a written survey designed by the research team. Chapter 4 synthesizes the information from the previous chapter and discusses strategies and opportunities for achieving success, with a detailed discussion on how to utilize stakeholders effectively. Chapter 5 introduces step-by-step guidelines toward implementing an effective IRP process. Chapter 6 contains insights and detailed discussions on how to calculate avoided costs, how to include externalities in the planning process, and how to conduct cost-benefits analyses of all the planning alternatives being considered. Two appendices follow Chapter 6. Appendix A contains the detailed case studies of the six water utilities. Appendix B contains the actual survey used by the research team to develop the case studies. Finally, the report concludes with a list of references cited in the text and two bibliographies.
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning IRP Guidelines written by British Columbia Utilities Commission and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning IRP written by Mostafa Gorgzadeh and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Electricity Resource Planning written by A. de Almeida and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-seventies, electric utilities were faced with escalating construction costs, growing environmental plus siting constraints and increasing uncertainty in demand forecasting. To cope with the increasing demand for energy services, utilities can either invest in supply-side options (new generation, transmission and distribution facilities) or in demand-side options. Demand-side options include, policies, programmes, innovative pricing schemes and high-efficiency end-use equipment (equipment providing the same or better level of services but using less energy or peak power). Recent experience in both North America and Europe show that demand-side options are usually cheaper and less damaging from the environmental point of view, and also their potential can be tapped in a shorter term than other supply-side options. This workshop was directed at the discussion and analysis of cost-effective methodologies to achieve the supply of electric energy services at minimum cost and minimum environmental impact. The programme included new developments in power planning models which can integrate both supply-side and demand-side actions. Quantitative assessments of the environmental impact of different supply-demand strategies were analyzed. Planning models which deal with uncertainty and use multicriteria approaches were presented. Case studies and experiments with, innovative concepts carried out by utilities in several countries were discussed. Load modelling and evaluation of demad-side programmes was analyzed. Additionally, the potential for electricity savings in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors was presented. New research directions covering planning models, programmes and end-use technologies were identified.
Download or read book Tools and for Methods for Integrated Resource Planning written by Joel N. Swisher and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning Study written by CH2M Hill Alaska (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scoping Study of Integrated Resource Planning Needs in the Public Utility Sector written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated resource planning (IRP) is an approach to utility resource planning that integrates the evaluation of supply- and demand-site options for providing energy services at the least cost. Many utilities practice IRP; however, most studies about IRP focus on investor-owned utilities (IOUs). This scoping study investigates the IRP activities and needs of public utilities (not-for-profit utilities, including federal, state, municipal, and cooperative utilities). This study (1) profiles IRP-related characteristics of the public utility sector, (2) articulates the needs of public utilities in understanding and implementing IRP, and (3) identifies strategies to advance IRP principles in public utility planning.
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning and Performance Based Regulation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Department of Energy Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) Program works closely with utilities and state utility commissions to assist them in implementing effective IRP/PBR practices. This helpful publication describes current program activities and how the program can help utilities and utility commissioners.
Download or read book Evolving Paradigms in State level Integrated Resource Planning written by Nina Peluso and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As global energy systems electrify, long-term planning processes are evolving to allow flexible economic analysis and acknowledge rapid financial and operational transformation. State-level integrated resource planning (IRP) processes allow oversight of long-term electric utility resource planning. Yet, outdated rules, procedures, and practices may impede utilities in planning for a new energy future. Is the IRP process constrained by technical modeling decisions, when it ought to serve as a platform for stakeholders to shape optimal and just electricity system outcomes? This paper assesses the state of integrated resource planning to inform utility planners, commissioners, and their staffs, along with the array of advocates that participate in such proceedings. I employ a case study methodology to assess docket filings and other relevant materials in recent IRP proceedings for four major utilities in Michigan, Georgia, New Mexico, and North Carolina. Section 3 details modeling software selection and use for those four cases. Section 4 uses capacity value assumptions to illuminate the iterative process around establishing model input assumptions. Section 5 takes a broader view of nascent efforts to include equity and justice into IRP processes. Consistent commission oversight and robust stakeholder processes are integral to ensure that utilities' integrated resource plans reflect the pace of change in the U.S. energy sector. Policymakers can encourage advanced modeling methodologies (software, settings, and assumptions) through three channels: (1) written IRP rules, (2) commission procedure, and (3) intervention in utility processes. Furthermore, as equity and justice come to the forefront of utility planning, policymakers should consider intervenor compensation programs, energy justice assessments, and forms of public ownership to incorporate energy justice principles into the planning process.
Download or read book Ten Questions and Answers about Integrated Resource Planning IRP written by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. IRP Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1992* with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning from Concept to Practice written by Jørn Mikkelsen and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Integrated Resource Planning a Review of Current Practices in Utility Planning written by Boutin, Bonnie and published by Saskatoon : Saskatchewan Energy Conservation and Development Authority. This book was released on 1993 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modeling Renewable Energy Resources in Integrated Resource Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes renewable energy resources in integrated resource planning (IRP) requires that utility planning models properly consider the relevant attributes of the different renewable resources in addition to conventional supply-side and demand-side options. Otherwise, a utilitys̀ resource plan is unlikely to have an appropriate balance of the various resource options. The current trend toward regulatory set-asides for renewable resources is motivated in part by the perception that the capabilities of current utility planning models are inadequate with regard to renewable resources. Adequate modeling capabilities and utility planning practices are a necessary prerequisite to the long-term penetration of renewable resources into the electric utility industrys̀ resource mix. This report presents a review of utility planning models conducted for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The review examines the capabilities of utility planning models to address key issues in the choice between renewable resources and other options. The purpose of this review is to provide a basis for identifying high priority areas for advancing the state of the art.
Download or read book Utility Integrated Resource Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, markets for renewable generation--especially wind power--have grown substantially in recent years. This growth is typically attributed to technology improvements and resulting cost reductions, the availability of federal tax incentives, and aggressive state policy efforts. But another less widely recognized driver of new renewable generation is poised to play a major role in the coming years: utility integrated resource planning (IRP). Common in the late-1980s to mid-1990s, but relegated to lesser importance as many states took steps to restructure their electricity markets in the late-1990s, IRP has re-emerged in recent years as an important tool for utilities and regulators, particularly in regions such as the western United States, where retail competition has failed to take root. As practiced in the United States, IRP is a formal process by which utilities analyze the costs, benefits, and risks of all resources available to them--both supply- and demand-side--with the ultimate goal of identifying a portfolio of resources that meets their future needs at lowest cost and/or risk. Though the content of any specific utility IRP is unique, all are built on a common basic framework: (1) development of peak demand and load forecasts; (2) assessment of how these forecasts compare to existing and committed generation resources; (3) identification and characterization of various resource portfolios as candidates to fill a projected resource deficiency; (4) analysis of these different ''candidate'' resource portfolios under base-case and alternative future scenarios; and finally, (5) selection of a preferred portfolio, and creation of a near-term action plan to begin to move towards that portfolio. Renewable resources were once rarely considered seriously in utility IRP. In the western United States, however, the most recent resource plans call for a significant amount of new wind power capacity. These planned additions appear to be motivated by the improved economics of wind power, an emerging understanding that wind integration costs are manageable, and a growing acceptance of wind by electric utilities. Equally important, utility IRPs are increasingly recognizing the inherent risks in fossil-based generation portfolios--especially natural gas price risk and the financial risk of future carbon regulation--and the benefits of renewable energy in mitigating those risks. This article, which is based on a longer report from Berkeley Lab, i examines how twelve investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in the western United States--Avista, Idaho Power, NorthWestern Energy (NWE), Portland General Electric (PGE), Puget Sound Energy (PSE), PacifiCorp, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & amp;E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG & amp;E)--treat renewable energy in their most recent resource plans (as of July 2005). In aggregate, these twelve utilities supply approximately half of all electricity demand in the western United States. In reviewing these plans, our purpose is twofold: (1) to highlight the growing importance of utility IRP as a current and future driver of renewable generation in the United States, and (2) to suggest possible improvements to the methods used to evaluate renewable generation as a resource option. As such, we begin by summarizing the amount and types of new renewable generation planned as a result of these twelve IRPs. We then offer observations about the IRP process, and how it might be improved to more objectively evaluate renewable resources.
Download or read book Is There a Future for Electric industry IRP written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, regulators imposed resource-planning rules on electric utilities because of the utility's obligation to serve. Given that obligation, regulators wanted utilities to plan for and procure a portfolio of resources that provided customers with low-cost electricity, stable prices, and a clean environment. What, if any, portfolio-management responsibilities will the future utility have? To answer that question, one must first define a ''utility'' in the future industry. If utilities are distribution entities with an obligation only to connect customers to the grid, then integrated resource planning (IRP) as it has been practiced during the past decade is over. If distribution entities retain an obligation to serve ''core'' customers, then IRP will continue in some form. This paper reviews recent IRPs to see how utilities and their regulators are responding to current and likely changes in the electricity industry. The paper then discusses how IRP might change in the future. These changes include the use of shorter time horizons for planning, a focus on contracts rather than utility built power plants, an emphasis on transmission and distribution planning, treatment of electricity pricing (with time and location dependence) as a resource, and substantial changes in how demand-side management (DSM) is treated. In summary, resource planning will continue. But integrated resource planning will either disappear or will play a much smaller role in utility and regulatory affairs and be conducted quite differently than in the past.
Download or read book The Role of Integrated Resource Planning written by Bonnie Boutin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report to address the concepts of Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and to provide an overview of current IRP practices in various jurisdictions. The report demonstrates how the IRP process can incorporate and balance a broader set of objectives and considerations than conventional utility planning; provides a review of the state of electric utility planning in North America; and demonstrates the tie between a utility's mandate and objectives and the various resource assessment tests.
Download or read book Integrated Resource Planning for Local Gas Distribution Companies written by Mohammad Harunuzzaman and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
