Environmental Impact Determination of Action to Be Taken under the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act for Powerplants 9 and 10, Tecumseh Generating Station, Tecumseh, Kansas

摘要

The report is an environmental assessment of the proposed Notice of Effectiveness to prohibit burning of gas or oil as the primary source of fuel at the Kansas Power and Light Company's Tecumseh Generating Station. Based on the 1975 fuel split and the projected use of each powerplant following conversion, conversion to coal will save 96 thousand barrels of oil and 2394 million cubic feet of natural gas per year. The total gas and oil savings, will be equivalent to 480 thousand barrels of oil per year. Findings made in the process of issuing a prohibition order to the Tecumseh station indicate that conversion of powerplants 9 and 10 to coal should increase the consumer cost of electricity from the Kansas Power and Light Company between $0.0014 and $0.0028 per kWh. This increase is explained and discussed in the discussion paper accompanying the prohibition order for Tecumseh. Potential environmental impacts of converting this facility to coal are given for air, land, water and ecosystems. FEA concludes that the issuance of a Notice of Effectiveness to the Tecumseh Generating Station, powerplants 9 and 10, will not affect the quality of the human environment significantly. (ERA citation 03:052424)