ML19296D785

Advises of CPC Revised Schedule.Projected Fuel Load Is Apr 1984 for Unit 2 & Sept 1984 for Unit 1.Unit 2 Commercial Operation Set for Sept 1984.Unit 1 Scheduled for Electric & Steam Commercial Operation Mar 1985 & May 1985,respectively

ML19296D785
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	02/08/1980
From:	Gibbs M ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:	Mark Miller, Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8003130201
Download: ML19296D785 (2)

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Board "'!W U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Consumers Power Company (Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-329, 50-330 Gentlemen:

As counsel for Consumers Power Company in the pending construction permit and operating license pro-ceedings for the Midland Plant, we are informing the Licensing Boards and the parties of a revised schedule and cost estimate for the nuclear facility based upon updated information which the Company has recently received from its architect-constructor, Bechtel Power Corporation.

Bechtel's projected fuel load date for Unit 2 is now April, 1984; the corresponding date for Unit 1 is September, 1984. Given this schedule, Consumers Power estimates that the commercial operation dates for the Midland Plant will be September, 1984 for Unit 2, March, 1985 for Unit 1 (electric) and May, 1985 for Unit 1 (steam). Last November, the Company had announced that the previously pro-jected fuel load dates of June, 1981 for Unit 2 and November, 1981 for Unit 1 would be subject to further delay.

Based upon the revised fael load dates, Bechtel has made a new estimate of contractor costs. Consumers Power has completed a preliminary review of this data and 8 0 0313 0 "2 O l

Marshall E. Miller, Esq.

Ivan W. Smith, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 February 8, 1980 Page Two now estimates that the total cost of the Midland Plant will be approximately $3.1 billion. The previous estimate of the project's total cost, made in 1976, was $1.67 billion.

The Company has not yet adopted the Bechtel report, and is currently performing a review of Bechtel's cost and schedule assumptions, the Company's costs other than contractor costs, licensing assumptions, and alternative courses of action. The Licensing Boards and the parties will be advised of the results of this review.

Very truly yours, f g Martha E. Gi s #CA b

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