ML102280074

OL - 7-29-10_TVA Letter_Antitrust Review

ML102280074
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Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	07/29/2010
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To:	Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
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WBN2Public Resource From: Boyd, Desiree L [dlboyd@tva.gov]

Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:41 AM To: Wiebe, Joel; Raghavan, Rags; Milano, Patrick; Campbell, Stephen

Subject:

7-29-10_TVA letter_Antitrust Review Attachments: 7-29-10_Antitrust Review letter to NRC .pdf Please see attached letter that was mailed to the NRC today.

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Désireé L. Boyd WBN 2 Licensing Support Sun Technical Services dlboyd@tva.gov 4233658764

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Hearing Identifier: Watts_Bar_2_Operating_LA_Public Email Number: 65 Mail Envelope Properties (7AB41F650F76BD44B5BCAB7C0CCABFAF145FE125)

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7-29-10_TVA letter_Antitrust Review Sent Date: 7/29/2010 11:40:43 AM Received Date: 7/29/2010 11:42:03 AM From: Boyd, Desiree L Created By: dlboyd@tva.gov Recipients:

"Wiebe, Joel" <Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Raghavan, Rags" <Rags.Raghavan@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Milano, Patrick" <Patrick.Milano@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Campbell, Stephen" <Stephen.Campbell@nrc.gov>

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Recipients Received:

Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 July 29, 2010 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 NRC Docket No. 50-391

Subject:

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Antitrust Review (TAC No. ME0853)

References:

1. Letter from NRC to TVA, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Request for Additional Information Regarding Antitrust Review (TAC No.

ME0853), dated July 13, 2010

2. Letter from TVA to NRC, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 -

Updated Regulatory Guide 9.3 Antitrust Review, dated May 13, 2010

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The purpose of this letter is to submit the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Request for Additional Information (RAI) regarding the Antitrust Review (Reference 1).

By letter dated May 13, 2010 (Reference 2), TVA provided the NRC updated antitrust information pursuant to Regulatory Guide 9.3, Information Needed by the AEC Regulatory Staff in Connection with its Antitrust Review of Operating License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, with respect to WBN Unit 2. The information addressed changes in antitrust information from December 1989 to the present.

The enclosure to this letter lists the individual questions posed in the NRC RAI and TVA responses to those questions. There are no regulatory commitments associated with this submittal.

Enclosure Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding Antitrust Review Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Unit 2, Docket No. 50-391 B.1.a NRC Request The table showing projected capacity position at summer peak years 2010-2017 assumes that WBN 2 is online by summer 2013. Please present the data without including capacity assumed from WBN 2.

TVA Response The table below shows the data without including capacity assumed from WBN Unit 2:

Summer Peak Surplus/(Deficit) in MW 2010 374 2011 (505) 2012 (1,371) 2013 (3,459) 2014 (5,103) 2015 (5,804) 2016 (6,450) 2017 (6,720)

B.1.b NRC Request TVA states that it is not a member of "any formal power pool or coordinating group in the context used herein." Please clarify membership in any informal pool or group and TVA's interpretation of "the context used herein."

TVA Response TVA is not a member of any formal or informal power pool or coordinating group. The previous response simply attempted to use language consistent with the 1989 submittal.

B.1.c NRC Request TVA states there have been no new interconnections or connections to wholesale customers on the 500-kilovolt (kV) system in the WBN area. Please reconcile that statement with disclosure of two 500-kV wholesale customers added since December 5, 1989.

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Enclosure Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding Antitrust Review TVA Response The statement The following 500-kV wholesale customers have been added since December 5, 1989 was incorrect. It should read The following 500-kV retail customers have been added since December 5, 1989. TVA has added no new wholesale customers since 1989.

B.1.f NRC Request TVA states that there have been no new wholesale customers since the 1989 submittal.

Please reconcile that statement with disclosure of two 500-kV wholesale customers added since December 5, 1989.

TVA Response See item B.1.c. The statement in response to B.1.c should read The following 500-kV retail customers have been added since December 5, 1989.

B.1.g NRC Request TVA describes a 933-megawatt combined gas cycle turbine facility, but does not provide the ownership rights or power output allocations for that facility. Therefore, please provide ownership rights or power output allocations for that facility.

TVA Response It is anticipated at this time that the natural gas combined cycle turbine facility will be wholly owned by TVA; and 100% of its output will be included as part of TVA's economic dispatch, and used to serve its customers, including distributor and direct served industrials.

B.1.h NRC Request TVA refers to a Board Policy describing how the provisions of Section 15d(a) of the TVA Act are to be applied regarding the availability of TVA power. Please provide documentation that the Board adopted the policy and the provisions of the policy adopted.

TVA Response The attachment to this enclosure provides documentation that the Board adopted the policy and the provisions of the policy adopted.

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Attachment TVA Board Statement of Policy Concerning Application of Section 15d(a) of the TVA Act Governing Availability of TVA Power (Page 1 of 4)