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EMD-82-129 1 (1982-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 WNARGY AND MINi.ALS -e-eeb......1982 DIVIBION gpim~r 0'18 B-209052 RLAS&II ll. The Honorable Robert Walker 119811 House of Representatives The Honorable John Heinz United States Senate Subject: Analysis of the Feasibility of Tennessee Valley Authority Power Being Made Available through Power Exchange Arrange- ments to General Public Utilities (GAO/EMD-82-129) An issue discussed at March 1982 hearings before the House Science and Technology Committee was the current excess power generation capacity of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The question arose as to the viability of wheeling 1/ excess TVA power to General Public Utilities (GPU). You asked that we make an independent investigation into the feasibility of a sale of TVA power to GPU and any problems that might be involved. W.a found that any arrangement involving TVA power that would benefit GPU is unlikely at this time. Economics is the primary reason such arrangements have not occurred and probably will not occur unless TVA makes power available at prices lower than pre- viously discussed with GPU. Even if the TVA power was economic- ally competitive, there are some technical, legal, and institu- tional constraints which-would be involved. For example, the TVA Act precludes a sale of power from TVA to GPU. TVA would have to sell power to systems with whom they had exchange arrangements in 1957. In turn, these systems could make power available to GPU. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY Our objectives were to identify the feasibility and practi- cality of selling power from TVA to GPU. Early in our review, it became apparent that there were economic, technical, legal, and institutional constraints which may impede arrangements whereby GPU could benefit from surplus capacity on the TVA system. There- fore, our review focused on these constraints. Our review was I/The use of the transmission facilities of one system to trans- mit power to another system. (005286)

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