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Electric Utility Challenges. Are We Going to be Able to Manage Them?. Electric Utility Challenges. EnvironmentalGenerationTransmissionRenewablesEnergy EfficiencyCosts. Environmental - Generation. Ambient Air Quality StandardsPM2.5, SO2, NOx, OzoneTransport RuleReplaces CAIR (SOx, NOx)Recent
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1. REMA CEO’s ConferenceSeptember 9, 2010 Electric Utility Challenges
by
William L. Berg, President and CEO
2. Electric Utility Challenges Are We Going to be Able to Manage Them?
3. Electric Utility Challenges Environmental
Generation
Transmission
Renewables
Energy Efficiency
Costs
4. Environmental - Generation Ambient Air Quality Standards
PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Ozone
Transport Rule
Replaces CAIR (SOx, NOx)
Recently proposed, finalized 2011
Less (or no) reliance on trading
Effective 2012 and 2014
State role in implementation
Scrubber + SCR?
This is only Phase 1… Phase 2 is coming
5. Environmental - Generation Electric Generation Unit (EGU) MACT
Hg and acid gases (Hazardous Air Pollutants)
Rule expected 2011, effective 2014?
Replaces CAMR
Activated charcoal + scrubber/DSI
6. Environmental - Generation Coal Combustion Residuals
2 alternative proposals (Subtitle C or D)
Eliminates or restricts ash ponds
Exemption for beneficial re-use
Recently proposed, effective 2011
Once-Thru-Cooling
Thermal (316a)
Impingement and entrainment (316b)
7. Greenhouse Gas Legislative
Dead for the session?
EPA
Endangerment, tailoring…
BACT
Jan. 2011: plants subject to PSD, + 75k T/yr.
July 2011: new or modified projects, +100k T/yr.
Congressional pressure?
8. Environmental - Transmission It Keeps Getting Harder
Turtle Fences, Washing Stations and What is a Wetland…
9. Protection Protocols 1) Time of Year
2) Exclusionary devices
10. Rules and Regulations
Reasonable Precautions – Actions that prevent or minimize the transport, and introduction of invasive species
12. Renewables Cost
Load Following
Transmission
13. Energy Efficiency Cost Effective
Low Diminishing Return
Spend More, Sell Less = Higher Rates
Funding the Balance
14. Costs Are We Entering a New Era of Costs and Pricing?
Timing is Everything
15. Questions