Not exact matches
Riverkeeper retained Synapse to assess the potential
impacts to energy
reliability and
electric power sector air emissions associated with the construction and operation of a closed - cycle cooling
system as the «best technology available» (BTA) for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, in order to inform the analysis being conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).
Today's
electric system strives to meet three requirements: very high
reliability, low cost, and, increasingly since the 1970s, reduced environmental
impacts.
While New England remains a summer peaking electricity
system (with a forecasted 2018 summer peak around 25 percent higher than the forecasted 2018/2019 winter peak), winter peak forecasts are important for assessing the
impacts of
electric system reliability during a period when much of New England's energy infrastructure is dedicated to space heating (i.e., when interstate natural gas pipelines are used both for electricity generation and for heating homes and businesses).