Coal Conversion Program Environmental Assessment: Virginia Electric Power Company, Portsmouth Generating Station, Power Plants 1, 2, 3, and 4, Portsmouth, Virginia

摘要

A report is given of an environmental assessment of the proposed Notice of Effectiveness to make effective the prohibition order prohibiting burning of gas or oil as the primary energy source at the Virginia Electric Power Company's Portsmouth Generating Station, powerplants 1, 2, 3, and 4. Based on the 1975 fuel split and the projected use of the powerplants following conversion, conversion to coal at Portsmouth will save the equivalent of approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil per year. Findings made in the process of issuing prohibition orders to the Portsmouth station indicate that conversion of powerplants 1, 2, 3, and 4 to coal should decrease the consumer cost of electricity from the Virginia Electric Power Company between $.00013 and $.00089 per kWh. Potential environmental impacts of converting this facility to coal are given. These include air pollution, land use, water pollution, and ecosystems. (ERA citation 03:054940)