Post on 02-Jan-2016
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US Electric Generation
• Coal 50%
• Nuclear 20%
• Natural Gas 19%
• Hydro 8%
• Renewables 2.5%
• Wind .5%
“I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
Natural Gas Rate Forecast
• Natural gas prices are volatile
• Being used to produce new power
• Will be more dependent on imports
Electric Rate Forecast
• Flat through 2011
• BPA Tier 1
• BPA Tier 2 to meet load growth
• Will grow at about 2 MW per year
Caribou Transmission Line
• Reliability
• Growth
• $14 million budget
• BPA $9.3 million
• LVE $4.7 million
Swift Creek
• Partnership with Afton
• 8 million KWH green power
• $5.6 million budget
• Upper dam 2008
• Lower and culinary 2009