ML20235F154

Comments on AEC Draft Detailed Statement on Environ Considerations Re Proposed Issuance of OL for Plant,Per 720306 Request.Info Further Emphasizes Need for Power Output of Two Units for Summer 1972 & Beyond

ML20235F154
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Site:	Quad Cities, 05000000
Issue date:	03/22/1972
From:	Phillips A FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION
To:	Rogers L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Dear Mr. Rogers:

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This is in response to your letter dated March 6, 1972, requestin; ,

2 the co=4nts of the Federal Pwer Co= mission on the AEC's Draf t Detai.eci i Statetwnt on Environ = ental Considerations Related to the Proposed '

' Issuance of an Operating License to the Co:= onwealth Edison Corpany and the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company for the Quad Cities Nuclear '

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Power Station Units 1 and 2.

i Cor:aents of the Federal Pwer Co==ission on the Quad Cities faci 1* ti j in relation to area power needs were sub=itted previously in a letter

'i Bated December 20, 1971, and are referenc.ed in the Draf t Detailed State-i ment as ReferencesSection I, (o). Thus the folleving co==ents will .

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• The Co=monwealth Edison Company's evaluation of its 1972 su.::ncr i

j peak situation without the Quad Cities units and without the Zion un:t l yields a reserve margin of 5.4 percent. This is comparable to the  :

1 7.1 percent .argin shown for the similar situation in ene FPC December 2C)

< 1971 report noted above. The difference in reserve r.argin percentages

results from the difference ef 22'. eegawatts of net dependable capacit,

between the company's projected 13,189 ==gauates and the 13,423 megawatts; 1

used in the FPC staff analysis. The staff used the full capability of d .

the Dresden Plant rather t!an the restricted output capability imposoc 4

by the Illinois Pollution Control Board. The 23.5 percent rc>erve 1 shown for the Cor.pany for the 1972 su==er period in Table 1 (referre-j to in the text on page 1 of tne Draf t Detailed Statement) was predioacad 4 upon the Company's early plans which included the availability of rrie j Quad Cities and Zicn units. It is worthy of note that t;.e cresten of:

1 the reserve cargin from the earlier projected level of 23.5 percent  ;

l the currently an:.icipated level of only 5.4 percent has been cau=ed m. !

4 the delays in bringing tne new nuclear units into ce= M etal Operation.

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Dear Mr. Rogers:

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This is in response to your letter dated March 6, 1972, requesti.;

i the corents of the Federal Pcwer Co :nission on the AZC.'s Draf t Detai;e:

i Staterent on Enviro = ental Considerations Related to the Proposed

' Issuance of an Operating License to the Co=onwealth Edison Cerpeny and the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Coapany for the Quad Cities Nuclear

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Power Station Units 1 and 2.

5 Corcaents of the Federal Power Co=ission on the Quad Cities facil'ti l in relation to area power needs were submitted previously in a letter aated December 20, 1971, and are referenced in the Draft Detailed State-

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ment as Refer;.ncesSection I, (o). Thus the fo11 cuing co=ents will 1

l . update the earlier ones to reflect changes occasioned by later.devel:p-I ments.

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• The Co :monwealth Edison Co:pany's evaluation of its 1972 su.:mer j peak situation without the Quad Cities units and without the Zion un:t d yields a reserve margin of 5.4 percent. This is comparable to the 7.1 percent margin shown for the similar situat' ion in ene FPC Dece:her 20 1 1971 report noted above. The difference in reserve rargin percentages results from the difference ef 22'. tegawatts of net dependable capacit/

- between the Co=pany's projected 13,189 cegawatts and the 13,423 =egavetts used in the FPC staff analysis. The staff used the full capability of

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the Dresden Plant rather than t.ne restricted output capability imposec by the Illinois Pollution Control Board. The 23.5 percent rcserve shown for the Cor.pany for the 1972 su=er period in Table 1 (referre:

i to in the text on page 1 of tne Draf t Detailed State .ent) was predientad il upon the Company's carly plans uhich incluc':d the riailability of ne '

j Quad Cities and Zicn units. It is worthy of note that t;.e cresien ci::

1 the reserve cargin from the earlier projected level of 23.5 parcen:

l the currently anticipated level of only 5.4 percent has been eau =ed r". f y the delafs in bringing tne new nuclear units into co=murcia! cperstwn.

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Mr. Lester Rogers ,

The Cc:::.oncealth Edison Corpany is a re tber of the Mid-A:ncrica Interp.o1 Network (MAIN), a major power, planning group and also one of the nine* regicnal electric reliability councils organized in response to the Federal Power Cc=ission's April 1970 Staterant of Policy en the Adequacy and Reliability of E1cetric Service (Order No. 383-2).  !

The Draf t Detailed Statement illustrates the effect of the delay of the Quad Cities nuclear units upon the Con: enwealth Edisen Company, the Iowa Power Pool and the Icva' Illinois Gas and Electric Cocpany, which' is related to the Cor=:nvealth Edison Company by for=al contract relatio-but the equally relevant impact of unit delays upon the MAIN systens a.s a whole is not included. The December 20, 1971 report of the FPC Bureau ,

of Power included this analysis, and it indicated a reserve margin f:rj I the MAIN area of only' 8.9 percent without the Quad Cities and Zicr. units. ,

This becomes 8.1 percent if the 22!.-negavatt reduction cf Cc=o:nealthi l s

Edison capacity heretofore noted is subtracted. Also of great i=::crtan:.e i are the seven large fossil-fueled units in the ! MIN area included in the i

, capacity resources which have suffered sc=c delays and are not ncv

• j' expected to be in cc orcial operation until May and June 1972. Thes e  !

-* :.j , units and their sizes are: Cayuga 2 - 500 cegawatts, Edwards 3 - 350

.,, megawatts, Coffeen 2 - 600 megevatts, Poverton 5 - 840 cegevatts ,

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,. Neal 2 - 321 ccqcuatts, I.abadie 3 - 555 magcvarts, and !:ev Madrid 1 - '

', 000 cegcynts. P.ccent exparience with 1crge ncv units has indicated a

, , . , , , relativcly high degree of unavailability during initial service periods, With a consequent add:d threat to the adequacy and reliability of y( .

. electrie zer. ice. Also included in the area ccpacity are two other i

l nuclear cnits, the oparating 497-tegevatt Peint Ecach 1 and the not yet y ';,perating ',97 .:gsvt.tt P: int Ecach 2. Because of the logistics of

,; current lic.enting prc:edures, the Iceter unit :=y not be cvailable for

the IC72 turar pta'.<. Er.cluding the two Quad Citics units, the seven *

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, fc:sil-fueled units cad the Point Beach No. 2 unit, not yet in operstien,,

, tote.1 '..M3 me;avatta ?! ncw capacity which was included in the originail) :

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. *% i j ,., , T.tc staff of th: Bureau of Pcver concludes that developments subse- 1 7 ,. .

, c. cent to ice .ucent.:r 20, 1971 repcrt, as indicated above, serve to

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t'.f tr for tne 1972 su.=:.er period and .beyond. ,

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