Alternatives to the Indian Point Energy Center for Meeting New York Electric Power Needs (2006) / Chapter Skim
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As competition was introduced into the New mendations for additional capacity, although it does not pick York electric system, utilities were required to divest their specific sites or technologies. Additional capacity is mainly generating assets.2 The New York Public Service Commis- built by developers, or merchant generators, which could sion and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also have contracts for the power from a load serving entity (LSE)
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establishes forward contracts for each hour of the coming day; (2) the A complicated network of high-voltage transmission lines Real Time Market is conducted when the load actually occurs to pre- is required to deliver the bulk power to load centers, which cisely match supply with demand.
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· H, which includes the northern portion of Westchester New York's new Renewable Portfolio Standard should imCounty, where Indian Point is located; prove fuel diversity. This standard requires 25 percent of · I, the rest of Westchester County; electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2013, · J, New York City; and compared with 19.5 percent now (mainly hydroelectricity, · K, Long Island outside of New York City.
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in New York City. SOURCE: Personal communication with Timothy Mount, Cornell University, compiled from NYISO data, January 2006.
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9Reactive power is a complex phenomenon in alternating current power. 10Reserve margin during off-peak hours is, of course, much higher.
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SOURCE: New York Independent System Operator, Power Trends, April 2005.
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Indian Point is the largest generating station close to the Finally, societal impacts play an important role in guid- major load centers in New York City, Westchester County, ing decision making with respect to the bulk power system. and Long Island and south of congestion points in the NYCA These impacts can be seen in issues such as public opposi- transmission system that prevent more power from being tion to new generating or transmission capacity.
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. Others are con A key community concern has been the perceived inabil- cerned over the reliability of the New York City power supity of emergency plans to work in the aftermath of an acci- ply and potential increases in the costs of electricity.
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It is unlikely that a 2,000-MW done for the New York State Energy Research and Develop
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Available at http:// www.nei.org/documents/U.S.%20Nuclear%20Power%20Plant%20 erating units and transmission lines that can import power Capacity%20Capacity%20Factor%20and%20Generation.pdf. Acfrom underutilized generating plants in upstate New York cessed April 2006.
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