Resource Contingency Program Hermiston Power Project: Record of Decision on Hermiston Power Partners Project Integration

摘要

In 1990, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) embarked on the Resource Contingency Program (RCP), a program that was designed to complete environmental review and licensing for several combustion turbines in advance of actual needs, so that BPA or another entity could more quickly acquire energy to meet future demands. In September 1995, BPA completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Hermiston Power Project (HPP), one of three option energy projects in the RCP. The FEIS evaluated the environmental effects of constructing and operating a cogeneration/combined-cycle turbine at the Hermiston site and the effects of constructing transmission lines from the plant site to BPAs McNary Substation, at which point existing transmission facilities would be used to wheel the power to other delivery points. A Record of Decision (ROD) on the FEIS was not issued at that time as a decision to acquire the output of the projects was to be made later if/when BPA needed additional energy and thus chose to exercise its option.