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equally vulnerable. Factors such as local generation costs, transmission constraints, market concentration, and market design … report concentrates on providing an analysis of the Oklahoma system in the near-term, using only present generation resources … and customer demands. In Phase II, a longer-term analysis will be conducted, incorporating the potential of new generation …
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equally vulnerable. Factors such as local generation costs, transmission constraints, market concentration, and market design … report concentrated on providing an analysis of the Oklahoma system in the near-term, using only present generation resources … very high profits. Average prices to customers could be 5% to 25% higher than regulated rates (Figure S-1). If the coal and …
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A financial accounting model that incorporates physical and institutional uncertainties has been developed for geothermal projects. Among the uncertainties it can handle are well depth, flow rate, fluid temperature, and permit and construction times. The outputs of the model are cumulative...
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Estimates of stranded commitments for U.S. investor-owned utilities range widely, with many falling in the range of $100 to $200 billion. These potential losses exist because some utility-owned power plants, long-term power-purchase contracts and fuel-supply contracts, regulatory assets, and...
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which the ESCO remains an outsider with higher transaction costs and limited interest and participation in the value created … effectiveness of capital improvements aimed at reducing utility costs in commercial and residential income properties. Conventional … expertise and capital required to reduce utility operating costs. Profit to all partners increases considerably as a result …
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costs contained in the ICC cost tables for rail carload, trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) and truck common-carrier intercity … freight movements. These equations were developed to enable the user to approximate the ICC costs quickly and easily. They … should find use in initial studies of costs where exact values are not needed, such as in consideration of rate changes …
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The energy industry generally and petroleum and natural gas operations in particular are frequently reacting to a variety of unsettling forces. Falling oil prices, economic upswings, currency devaluations, increasingly rigorous environmental quality standards, deregulation of electricity...
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Over the past quarter century the United States` dependence on oil has cost its economy on the order of $5 trillion. Oil dependence is defined as economically significant consumption of oil, given price inelastic demand in the short and long run and given the ability of the OPEC cartel to use...
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transaction costs and information-related market barriers typically confronted when each individual homeowner must make a decision …. Additionally, if homebuyers place a high value on PV, builders may be able to earn additional profits, just as they would on … the up-front cost of PV and its impact on new home prices and profits. The potential for project delays associated with PV …
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This publication presents a summary of electric utility statistics at the national, regional and state levels. The Industry At A Glance'' section presents a profile of the electric power industry ownership and performance; a review of key statistics for the year; and projections for various...
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