Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: edddea47-82cf-4080-b446-54a1ee9f97cc
Document Type: esrp
Title: FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH OF DEMAND
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 8
Section ID: 8.2.2
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ill review the evaluation for the proposed facility, if available, and determine if it is (1) systematic, (2) comprehensive, (3) subject to confirmation, and (4) responsive to forecasting uncertainty. If the State/regional need-for-power evaluation is found to be acceptable, no additional independent review by NRC is needed, and the State or regional analysis can be the basis for ESRPs 8.2 through 8.4. If an analysis prepared by or under the direction of one or more State or regional agencies meeting the preceding criteria is not available, the following data or information should be obtained by NRC staff for review of the applicant’s need-for-power analysis: ` historical and estimated growth for the relevant service area (or close geographic approximation) of the following variables: population, number of households, per capita income, consumer price index, manufacturing output, gross regional product, saturation by major appliance, trends in size of household, and prices of alternative fuels. Data should cover the 15 years preceding the date of application through the 3rd year of commercial operation of all proposed units. ` historical temperature adjusted peakload data for the 10-year period preceding the application submittal date October 1999 8.2.2-3 NUREG-1555 ` for the 5 years preceding the date of application, the percentage of residences in the relevant service area relying on oil and the percentage relying on gas for space conditioning, water heating, and operating major appliances; similarly, for industries in the relevant service area, the percentages of total energy requirements being met by oil and gas over this same time period ` from the date of application to 3 years after initial commercial operation of the first proposed unit, the generally known availability of oil and gas to ultimate customers in the relevant service area (e.g., gas curtailments and status of gas hookups to new customers) ` for the 15 years preceding the date of application