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Case No: 12-008-U - Flint Creek Retrofit Date Entered: 03/27/2012 09:30:33 AM

Party/Requestor: Sierra Club, Jeff Speir Date Received: 03/26/2012

Date Requested: 03/26/2012 Internal Due Date: 04/03/2012

Service Due Date: 04/11/2012

Answer Status: New Service Date:

Question No: 1-039

The Weaver direct testimony at p. 36 and in Table 6 reports the installed capital cost of a 

50% share of a 2020 SCR as $61 million in nominal dollars and $181/kW in 2011 

dollars. These estimates reportedly do not include AFUDC but include about 28% 

escalation to a future build date in 2020. Please provide the following information:

a. Do the costs reported for the proposed controls include costs incurred from lost 

generation during outages to install the equipment? If no, please provide an estimate of 

any anticipated outages and estimate the lost revenue.

b. Design basis coal and flue gas composition.

c. All supporting vendor quotes for all equipment.

d. SCR design basis including guaranteed catalyst lifetime, SO2 to SO3 conversion 

rate, number of active/inactive catalyst layers, catalyst pitch.

e. The backup costing spreadsheets in Excel format showing all formulae used to 

estimate these installed capital costs. The backup should breakout the cost in sufficient 

detail to disclose what is included in the estimate in all cost categories including but not 

limited to the following:

- Ammonia injection system

- Reactor box and breeching

- Flue gas system

- Catalyst

- Sonic horns

- Elevators

- Mechanical balance of plant

- Auxiliary power

- Electrical balance of plant

- Controls & instrumentation

- Monitoring equipment

- Civil work

- Removal/relocation of existing equipment, buildings, infrastructure
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- Escalation

- Bond costs

- Contingency

- Freight

- Taxes

- Profits

- Owner’s costs

- Other (rentals, scaffolding, cranes)

Cost estimates for each of these subcategories should identify each cost line item, the 

quantity of material, unit equipment costs, unit material costs, labor rates, any 

productivity adjustments, crew wage rates, cost bases (estimate, vendor quote, in-house 

database), any allowances for premium time labor, overtime inefficiency, per diem 

expenses, and all other cost items.

f. Please breakout all fixed and variable O&M costs for the SCR, including busbar 

auxiliary power, ammonia, steam, and catalyst changeout.

g. The SCR lifetime.

h. What accommodations will be made as part of NID and other controls to facilitate 

the future installation of SCR? If any, please break out the costs associated with these 

accommodations.

i. Please identify any retrofit issues for the SCR if it is installed after the NID in 

2016, 2020 or other future year.

Answer:

a. No. No estimate for the value of lost generation exists at this time as plans for a 

potential SCR installation have not been developed.

b. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.

c. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.

d. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.

e. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.

f. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.
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g. Currently, an SCR is not planned for Flint Creek. As a result, the design work 

required to respond to this request is not available.

h. While no plans are currently in place to install an SCR system at Flint Creek, future 

provisions including footprint allotments and ID fan sizing will be such that they reduce 

the complexity of a future SCR system retrofit if required at a future date as noted in the 

Direct Testimony of Company witness Beam on page 25. The Company is not soliciting 

option pricing for an SCR. 

i. The Company is not aware of any current retrofit issues for the SCR if installed after 

the NID.

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Date Verified: Date Accepted:

Confidential: No

Yes

Attachments:

Voluminous: No

Yes

Highly Sensitive: No

Yes

Comments:

Preparer(s): Kevin J Munson; Michael L Wilkinson; Twana 

Banks-Smith; William E Mast

Witness: Christian T Beam

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