Marketing and Transmission Appendix for the Bonneville Power Administration: National Hydroelectric Power Resources Study (Section 167, P.L. 94-587)

摘要

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) markets approximately 50% of the electric energy in the Pacific Northwest and maintains 80% of the high voltage transmission system. It is responsible for the sale and disposition of hydropower generated at dams in the Columbia River Basin and for a limited amount of thermally generated power. Electric utilities in the region forecast increasing deficits in electric power supplies through the 1990's. This report examines BPA's policies for power allocation and for developing additional generating facilities, particularly hydroelectric facilities. Information is included on the presently used marketing and transmission system; effects of additional power supplies on BPA programs; and the implications for hydro development of proposed regional energy legislation and a proposed energy allocation policy.