Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 8e036f97-f4bf-4b39-ae98-abf0525972c1
Document Type: esrp
Title: ALTERNATIVES REQUIRING NEW GENERATING CAPACITY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.2.2
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2-2 October 1999 competition for cheaper power, and on the service area. Because of deregulation in bulk sales markets for electricity, the advent of independent power producers, and the increased use of purchases and exchanges of electricity among utilities to meet demand, the demand for electricity by ultimate customers within a utility’s traditional service area increasingly is not met by the utility’s own generating resources. Trading of electricity will be further facilitated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’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 nondiscrim- inatory transmission tariffs that contain minimum terms and conditions on nondiscriminatory service. The term “relevant service area” is used here to indicate any region to be served by the proposed facility, whether or not it corresponds to a traditional utility service area. Relevant service area is a situation- specific concept, and it must be defined on a case-by-case basis. Applicants may be power generators rather than a utility; therefore, analysis of existing and projected capacity and alternatives must be suf- ficiently flexible to accommodate differences in the applicant types and regulatory environments. The concept of “relevant region” is also introduced here to mean an area for which electricity-demand fore- casts are done, such as the Northeast Power Coordinating Council region, that would usually include the relevant service area. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from or provide input to the reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRP 8.1-8.4. Obtain a description of the power system, factors associated with the power demand and supply, and an assessment of the need for power. ` ESRP 9.2.3. For each alternative established as competitive, provide the reviewer with a