ML19274D613
| ML19274D613 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas, Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1979 |
| From: | Pfeffer J ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
| To: | Mark Miller Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7902140245 | |
| Download: ML19274D613 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Miller:
The Department of Energy (DOE) has been following the proceedings before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) involving the operating license applications of Texas Utilities Generating Company for its Comanche Peak nuclear plant (Docket Nos. 50-445A and 50-446A) and of Houston Light and Power Ccmpany for its South Texas Project (Docket Nos. 50-498A and 50-499A).
It is the position of DOE that any intrastate-only operating provisions associated with participating in the Comanche Peak and South Texas Project nuclear facilities would adversely affect future coordinated planning and operation of power supply in the Southwest.
Such an impediment is not in the public interest.
From a system economy and reliability perspective, such provisions also make it more difficult to develop and implement continger.7y plans for interregional power movements in the context of energy emergencies and fuel supply disruptions.
Further, it is the position of DOE that intrastate-only provisions associated with participating in the Comanche Peak and South Texas Project would adversely limit the range of competitive possibilities in putting together bulk power supp3' options.
By limiting the number of choices and the associated competitive processes in making these choices, such an impediment prevents bulk power suppliers from combining options in the most effi-cient manner in terms of both planning and operations, and hence, is likely to lead to an increasa in the overall consumers' charge for electricity.
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