PUB00037

• Year: 1988
• Title: Colorado Joint Planning Study Economic Potential of Pumped Storage
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority
• Description: Assessment of whether pumped storage facilities are economically attractive to Colorado utilities
• Publications - Doc Type: Water Resource Studies

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Overview
Pumped Storage Description
General Approach
Base Case Results
Pumped Storage Results
Sensitivity Analysis
Economic Comparisons
Conclusions and Recommendations

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1 .1 Overview
1.2 Study Phasing
1 .3 Study Participants
1.3.1 Centel Electric-Colorado
1.3.2 City of Colorado Springs
1.3.3 Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority
1.3.4 Platte River Power Authority
1 .3.5 Public Service Company of Colorado
1.3.6 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
1.3.7 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
1.3.8 Western Area Power Administration
1.4 Pumped Storage Description

2.0 APPROACH
2.1 Evaluation Procedure
2.2 Data Collection
2.2.1 Load Forecasts
2.2.2 Generation Resources
2.2.3 Economic and Financial Parameters
2.3 Base Case
2.4 Optimization With Pumped Storage
2.5 Sensitivity Analysis
2.6 Economics of Pumped Storage

3.0 BASE CASE RESULTS
3.1 Overview
3.2 Results

4.0 OPTIMIZATION WITH PUMPED STORAGE
5.0 SENSITIVITY ANALYSES

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