Sentences with phrase «of electric generation»

Most people are unaware of the unconstitutional expansion of federal authority to take control of electric generation in this country.

Federal reliability standards require that a certain amount of electric generation capacity needs to be located in specific geographic areas in order to maintain reliability of the electric system.

These fuel costs therefore affect decisions on the types of electric generation and infrastructure that are built.

«I believe by working closely with you we can continue to drive down the cost of electric generation,» he said.

So what kind of electric generation technology could end up cheaper than coal - fired generation is today?

Her practice supports the commercial, project development and financial transactions fundamental to the development and operation of electric generation projects.

The spring is typically a low period for all types of electric generation, as this is when many plants go offline for scheduled maintenance.

Other studies offer different estimates of the amount of energy it will take to make the uranium fuel and, as the WNA notes, one metric ton of natural uranium yields nearly 20,000 times as much energy as the equivalent amount of coal — the cheapest form of electric generation at present.

(1) identifies technologies, equipment, and processes that are adequately demonstrated to be commercially deployed and could increase the efficiency of the electric generation facilities reviewed;

The Interstate Power Compact would protect states» systems of electric generation from the unconstitutional expansion of federal power.

It is one of US largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 25,700 megawatts of electric generation, 15,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering, storage and distribution pipeline and 6,600 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines.

Seitz was then the «principal drafter» of the bill — HB 562 — that led the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) to adopt new regulations for «the construction, operation and maintenance of electric generation wind facilities.»

Self - contained, small islands of electric generation, storage and distribution inside the existing grid — microgrids — could be the next big thing in electricity.

The Clean Power Plan has a significant effect on projected retirements and additions of electric generation capacity (Figures 7 and 8; Tables 3 and 4).

Today's chart shows an hourly profile of electric generation throughout an autumn day, October 22, 2010, in New England and underscores three operational factors that can affect price — the morning ramp, the afternoon / evening peak, and the differences between the hourly and five - minute peaks (see second chart).

The Electric Generation companion brief presents EnergyVision 2030's complete data and analysis for the key area of Electric Generation.

The growth in natural gas - fired generation is reflected in the composition of electric generation in Pennsylvania.

80 Bcf of natural gas is equivalent to 24 terawatt - hours of energy or the same energy that 1,000 gigawatts of electric generation capacity — roughly the size of the current US electric grid — would produce over a 24 - hour period.

California is dependent on gas for about 56 % (some 42,000 MW) of the state's 75,000 MW of electric generation, compared to 5,800 MW each for solar and wind (and 10,000 MW of hydro), according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

At the moment, New England faces an oversupply of electric generation, as van Welie acknowledged, which he said was «temporary overcapacity.»

The first unexpected moment (in advocacy, not the unexpected black eye for coal and gas units) came in late April on a panel discussing the reliability contributions of electric generation.

There's a slim chance that if our nation pulled in one direction that we could get a decent portion of our electric generation out of new nuke plants 6 - 10 years from now if we start building like crazy now.

We advise management and technical personnel on a broad range of issues, including the licensing, siting, and financing of electric generation and transmission facilities, rate setting, and long - term power contracts.

She has extensive experience in negotiating acquisitions and dispositions of electric generation facilities, construction and operations and maintenance contracting, joint ownership arrangements for large electric generation projects, and power purchase and hedging arrangements.

Accurate measurement of these reductions requires one to determine what sources of electric generation in a particular region are being displaced, or not used, because of the demand reduction or clean energy initiative.

The main reason utilities pick one particular form of electric generation is cost; secondary issues are the adaptibility to the grid and the utility of the power source for baseline, peak usage, etc..

Only a few short years ago the U.S. coal industry enjoyed a mini-renaissance with several new large power plants brought on line in 2010 and 2011, which at the time firmly entrenched coal as the dominant source of electric generation in the U.S..

If the EPA is allowed to proceed with the unconstitutional Clean Power Plan, it won't be long before Americans feel the ruinously expensive changes to our system of electric generation.

Historically, some states ceded control to the market over what types of electric generation was built and, as a response, states introduced energy credit programs to incentivize different energy types.

The report states: «If these are enacted and enforced, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff has informally estimated that 8 % of our electric generation capacity, representing 81 GW of the nation's generating capacity, will need to be retired.»

For example, if nuclear is providing 20 % of electric generation, it can be run at steady baseline, maximizing fuel efficiency, while all the other variable demand can be met with solar and wind based power that has been fed into storage systems during the peak periods.

Now the conservative Danish government has adopted a virtually self - financing strategy to get completely off fossil fuels by 2050 by further boosting efficiency and switching to renewables (already 36 % of electric generation, which is the most reliable and among the cheapest pretax in Europe).

Together, those two alone represent 69 % of the electric generation in the US.

Coal (48 %), natural gas (21 %) and nuclear (20 %) account for about 89 % of the electric generation in the US.

The study finds that the high wind and solar scenarios (33 % of electric generation) reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 29 % to 34 % across the Western Interconnection, which ranges from the western tip of Texas to California and up into the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.

This «captured energy» metric further appears to assume that averaged Btu's in each kWh will continue to decline in some forecasted fashion, primarily due to a widespread shift towards renewable form of electric generation; perhaps attributable to a full implementation of the soon deceased «Clean Power Plan» and greater reliance on renewables for electricity (if that term can be accurately used with unreliable sources.)