WSP09122

• File Number: 8040.100
• Description: Section D General Studies-Power
• Date: 1/1/1981
• Author: DOI
• Title: Dunham Point-Peaking Power Unit-Plan of Study-Colorado River Storage Project Power Peaking Capacity
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

T~e four account evaluation svstem is a ~et~od specified hv Principles

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an~ Standards for evaluating alternatives in t~e selection of a prefp.rred

p1.an.

.T~e system 1S a tool u~ed to p.valuate the extent to w~ich plans

contribute ~it~er in a benefici.al or a~verse way. Benefits and costs a~e

evaluated eit~er in monetary or non-monetarv tp.rms

1.n each of t~p. four

accounts as ;nc';_caten below wt,icl, make it possi.ble to compare tr-at1e-offs

among alternatives.

1. Nati.onal economic cfeve1(loment (WD) account - Tn mOTletary tp'rms.

2. Envi.ronmp.ntal qll;::!l i.tv (EO' account - 1.n non-monp.tarv terms.

3. Regi.r:ma1. economic nevelopment. (RED) ~ccount - Tn r,otl) monetarv

and non~onetary te~ms.

4.

Ot"er

Social

Effect.

(OSE)

account

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D'r~noT11.in<tntlv

non-monetarv term~.

!r t~e puhlic involvement program revea18 t;ere is DU~lic conflict ~e-

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t\"'?een t'\o'O or more plans. or if no plan ;s clearly fa"o'rerl ov~"(' ot~~r via-

ble plans. two or more plans mav neeti to he exam;.np.d A.t t,e feasinili.tv

level.

If t"i.

lS the case. only t~ose elements of alternative plans

toThicJ, are critical to t~e decisioTl ~t,o\11n he investjgateci at t"e Feasil-,i-

lity level. Following this, anot~er four account evaluation will neerl to

~e conducted on t~ose p'.ans to select the preferred plan(s).

The final nec1.sion on a preferred plan will he made as rlescr;~~(I i11,

~aoter IV. At t~e conclusion of t~e plan selection p;ase a plannin~

confe~ence will ~e t,eld to r~v,~~ t~e n'an Formulation and s~l~ction

process.

T~is oJanning conference ~ill involve E~R Cp.nter.

R.eg;.onal

Office, ann field offi.ce personnel.

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