Restructured Electricity Markets
Restructured Electricity Markets

Author: Jim Wells

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780756728274

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The Fed. Energy Reg. Comm. & 24 states restructured elec. markets by shifting from service provided through a regulated monopoly -- the local elec. utility -- to service provided through open competition among the local utility & its competitors. The restructuring was intended to increase competition & expand consumer choice in order to lead to increased efficiency & lower prices. Citing the importance of quickly adding new power plants (NPP) when needed as a key factor in balancing the supply & demand for elec. in restructured markets, this report compares the experience of Cal. in adding NPP with the experiences of 2 other states -- PA, which operates as part of an innovative regional elec. market, & TX, which has successfully added NPP.

Hydrogen Energy California Project: Sections 4.3-4.8
Hydrogen Energy California Project: Sections 4.3-4.8

Author: California Energy Commission

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13:

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"This project is for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generating facility called Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) in Kern County, California.... The project, as proposed, would gasify blends of petroleum coke (25 %) and coal (75%) to produce hydrogen to fuel a combustion turbine operating in combined cycle mode. The gasification component would produce 180 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen to feed a 400 megawatt (MW) gross, 288 MW net combined cycle plant providing California with dispatchable baseload power to the grid. The gasification component would also capture approximately 130 MMSCFD of carbon dioxide (or approximately 90 percent at steady-state operation) which would be transported and used for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration (storage) in the Elk Hills Oil Field Unit. The HECA project would also produce approximately 1 million tons of fertilizer for domestic use" --California Energy Commission web site, Docket 08-AFC-8A.