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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... i
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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. iii
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<br />LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ................................................................. v
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<br />seCTION 1 .. INTRODUCTION .........................................................................
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<br />1,1 PURPOSE ...."..............................,.....................,............................1-1
<br />1,2 REPLACEMENT RESOURCES PROCESS.................................... 1-2
<br />1,3 REPORT ORGANIZATION.........,................................,..................,1-6
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<br />SECTION 2 - BACKGROUND ..........................................................................
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<br />2,1 INTRODUCTION ".".,.".."", ".".".., ,.,..,..".,., "."."""".."..,."..,...,....2-1
<br />2,2 WESTERN AND THE SLCA INTEGRATED PROJECTS................2-2
<br />2,3 WESTERN POWER PURCHASES............................,..................2-10
<br />2.4 TRANSMISSION ACCESS AND PRICING ................,.................,2-12
<br />2,5 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING ................,......................2-16
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<br />SECTION 3 - POLICY ISSUES AND ASSUMPTIONS
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<br />3,1 INTRODUCTION ".,.,..,..,.." ,..".".,."..".".." ,.,...",.,.., ,."....",..,..., ,.." 3-1
<br />3,2 REPLACEMENT RESOURCES PROCESS POLICY ISSUES........3-1
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<br />3,3 RELATED ISSUES ".', ",."." ".".",., ,..,..,.".,.,.,.".." ".,....."...,...,..,.,.,3-4
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<br />SECTION 4 - RESOURCE ACQUISITION PROCESS......................................
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<br />4,1 INTRODUCTION ..., ..... .......,. ........., ...........', .....................,..,.....,.....4-1
<br />4,2 GENERAL APPROACH TO ACQUISITION .........,..........................4-3
<br />4,3 RESOURCE EVALUATION "..,..............,.....,.....".........,........,.......4-16
<br />4.4 ANALYTICAL TOOLS......,..,....,..,.. ....,..,..' ....."..,.., .....' .............. ....4-28
<br />4,5 REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT POWER .........,........................4-32
<br />4,6 TREATMENT OF RISK......,..........,..".........,................................,.4-36
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<br />SECTION 5 - PROOF-OF-CONCEPT ANALYSIS ............................................
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<br />5,1 INTRODUCTION ".,.,.""..",."." ',..,.,,' ".".'" ,."".",.".,."".",.,......, ".,.5-1
<br />5,2 MULTISYM MODEL IMPLEMENTATION......,.................................,5-4
<br />5.3 DEVELOPMENT OF "BASE CASE" .....,.................,..............,.......5-16
<br />5.4 REPLACEMENT RESOURCE ALTERNATIVES ...........................5-19
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<br />March 1998
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<br />Westem Area Power Administration
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