Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: bb616171-a9c1-425d-8f63-9e4785e3b255
Document Type: esrp
Title: POWER SUPPLY
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: 8.3
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s review and evaluation of the present and planned generating capability and the present and planned purchases and sales of power and energy. The scope of the review directed by this plan will include consideration of the type (e.g., coal-fired) and function (e.g., baseload) of the relevant region’s plants, the nature of purchases and sales (firm and nonfirm) of power and energy, and any proposed additions, retirements, redesignations, deratings, or upratings of the relevant region’s plants. In performing this review, the reviewer may rely on the analysis in the applicant’s ER and/or State or regional authorities’ analyses concerning the need for power and energy supply alternatives. The reviewer should ensure that the analysis of the need for power and alternatives is reasonable and meets high-quality standards. The analysis of purchases and sales should consider the fact that substantial amounts of electricity are now bought and sold between regions in the country and between utilities in the same region. Such trading of electricity will be further facilitated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s final rule (61 FR 21540) requiring all public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities used for transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce to have on file open-access nondiscriminatory transmission tariffs that contain minimum terms and conditions on nondiscriminatory service. NUREG-1555 8.3-2 October 1999 The guidance provided in this ESRP is limited because changes in the regulatory structure are occurring as the guidance is being revised. Reviewers of issues related to the need for power should identify current NRC policy before beginning their review. Deregulation of utilities will have a significant impact on the analysis of the need for power. Applicants may be power generators