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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COLORADO JOINT PLANNING STUDY 1 0/31/88
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF PUMPED STORAGE
Expansion Plan Summary
Statewide Capacity Summary
LOW FORECAST WITHOUT PUMPED STORAGE
(MW)
Colorado Coal Combusllon Comblnad Total Total Reserve Potential Purchases
Installed Addlllons Turbine Cycle Purchases Other Colorado Colorado Peak Margin and Sales: (8)
Year Ca acit 1 2 Additions 2 Addlllons 3 4 Ca acit 5 Load 6 7 Peakin Baseload
1988 5937 0 0 0 1491 0 7428 5098 46% 16 0
1989 7428 0 0 0 186 0 7614 5206 46% 0 0
1990 7614 0 0 0 31 100 7745 5300 46% 0 0
1991 7745 0 0 0 -93 14 7666 5419 41% 0 50
1992 7666 0 0 0 63 0 7729 5541 39% 0 0
1993 7729 0 0 0 165 0 7894 5669 39% 0 0
1994 7894 0 0 0 382 -16 8260 5810 42% 74 100
1995 8260 0 0 0 5 0 8265 5953 39% 0 0
1996 8265 0 0 0 0 7 8272 6054 37% 0 0
1997 8272 0 0 0 10 75 8357 6179 35% 100 0
1998 8357 0 0 0 0 0 8357 6300 33% 74 0
1999 8357 0 0 0 10 0 8367 6423 30% 100 0
2000 8367 0 0 0 5 0 8372 6547 28% 0 0
CJ1 2001 8372 0 0 0 10 0 8382 6670 26% 74 0
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.j>. 2002 8382 0 0 0 10 0 8392 6795 23% 100 0
2003 8392 0 0 0 5 0 8397 6921 21% 0 0
2004 8397 0 74 0 0 0 8471 7050 20% 100 0
2005 8471 0 0 0 0 0 8471 7181 18% 0 0
2006 8471 0 100 0 0 0 8571 7313 17% 0 0
2007 8571 300 74 0 0 0 8945 7448 20% 0 0
TotalMW: 300 248 0 2280 180
(1) Cumulativ. installed capacity for Colorado utiltties (PSCO, CSDU, Contel, PRPA, TSGT, and CUEA).
(2) R.pr.s.nts coal, combu.tion turbln., and combined cycl. unit. add.d in .ach y.ar.
(3) R.pr.sent. pr.s.ntly Identitled eddltlons to Out of Stat., WAPA, Fort St. Vrain and OF purcha....
(4) R.pr...nt. committ.d, r.tired, and all oth.r hydro units.
(5) Sum of In.talled Capacity, New Unit., Purcha..s, and Other.
(6) Sum of Noncolncldent P.ak. of Colorado utilttie..
(7) R..erv. Margin ~ (Total Colorado Capactty. Total Colorado P.ak)fTotal Colorado P.ak
(8) R.pr.s.nts capacity that i. n.eded by on. utility that could b. purchased from another utility -t
In th. .tat. und.r firm purcha.ed pow.r and sal.. agreem.nt.. Additional .xchang.., III
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oth.r than th. exchanges r.ported h.r., are p.rformed by economy en.rgy interchang... iD
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