ML19347E016
| ML19347E016 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1981 |
| From: | PRAIRIE ALLIANCE |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| NUDOCS 8104140627 | |
| Download: ML19347E016 (1) | |
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nU (18) The Clinton Power Station should not be licensed to operate if environmentally superior and less costly alternative means of producing the energy to be supplied by the CPS exist.
In relying on the analysis publishe'd at the 1974 construction permit stage, see, OL-ER, ch. 9. IP has not adequately considered the full range of presently available alternative energy sources.
In specific, the following items have not been assessed and factored into the current alternative energy sources analysis:
a)
"the National Energy Plan", issued by the Executive Office of the President, Energy Policy and Planning, (4/29/77) mandates expanded use of coal for the generation of electricity.
In addition, Illinois is a coal rich state.
- Thus, the recent dictates of national policy and regional economics call for an updated assessment of coal generated electricity as a more reliable alternative base load energy source for the IP service area; b) the full range of privately financed and government funded conservation and weatherization programs for residential and commercial buildings, including a discussion of "end use efficiencies".
Since 1974, chere has been a tremendous increase in these programs on the federal, state and local levels.
The existence and operation of these programs call for an updated assessment of energy conservation as a partial alternative to the CPS; c) a power load management program which reduces peak power demands.
This energy source is a more appropriate method of supplying energy for a " summer peaking" utility such as IP; d) the full range of environmental costs and benefits and the economic costs of the alternative energy sources listed above.
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