Re: Installed electric capacity of the U.S.

[SAFarberMSPH@CS.COM]

Hi again:

A followup thought. Be sure to distinguish in any analysis between installed 

capacity by fuel type and actual net generation by fuel type. I recall 

reviewing figures for the EIA recently where nuclear plants are generating  

far above their percentage of installed electric capacity due to the fact 

they are running baseload at high capacity factors while much of the 

installed smaller gas and coal plants [and other non-nuclear sources like 

hydro or biomass] are held only for peaking needs even though they make up, 

in aggregate, a larger fraction of total installed capacity.


If you poke around the DOE Energy Information Administration website you'll 

find a pdf document that gives all this info in fine detail.


Stewart Farber

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In a message dated 6/28/01 6:47:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SAFarberMSPH 

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> Subj:Re: Installed electric capacity of the U.S.
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> Date:6/28/01 6:47:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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> From:SAFarberMSPH
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> To:bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM
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> See:
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> http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epav1/toc.html
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> Link to DOE EIA reports on total generation & capacity
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> Stewart Farber
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> email: SAFarberMSPS@cs.com
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> In a message dated 6/28/01 6:41:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
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> bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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> > Can anyone help me with the total electricity capacity of the U.S.? (the 
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> > nuclear fraction is 23 % if I recall correctly). I am interested in this 
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> > in 
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> > order to put the 2200 MWe upgrade (57 NPPs during the past 10 years) into 
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> > perspective.