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EMD-80-71 1 (1980-04-04)

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                   UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


ENERGY ANO MINERALS
    DIVISION
                                           April 4, 1980

  B-198245



  i, re Honorable James ff. Weaver                     111UIIII
  House of Representatives                                112028

  Dear Mr. Weaver:

        Subject: Liypothetical Transfer of Construction
                  Funds from Nuclear Powerplants to Electricity
                  Conservation and Renewable Energies
                  (EMD-80-71)

        Your recent letter   that we conduct a brief
   analysis to determine how much electric energy might be
   saved or produced if the construction funds presently
   budgeted to complete nuclear powerplants WNP-4 and WNP-5
   in Washington State were used instead for investments in
   electricity conservation and renewable energy sources. Your
   request conjectures that conservation and renewable energy
   projects can be financed as readily as nuclear powerplants.

        To explore this hypothesis, we based our study on data
   developed in our 1978 report to the Congress on regional power
   planning and adjusted that data to recognize changed condi-
   tions and new information. 1/ In that report we projected
   that, by adopting a set of comprehensive but moderate con-
   servation policies, the region could realize substantial
   savings in balancing power supply and demand.

        Construction of WNP-4 and WNP-5 is being financed by
   over 80 electric utilities, including public utility districts,
   cities, and cooperatives. WNP-4 is a 1,250-megawatt plant
   being constructed near Richland, Washington. In January
   1980, WNP-4 was 13 percent complete. WNP-5 is a 1,240-mega-
   watt plant sited near Satsop, Washington. WNP-5 was 8



   1/Region at the Crossroads--The Pacific Northwest Searches
     for New Sources of Electric Energy (EMD-78-76, Aug. 10,
     1978). The data revisions and updates involved the use of /-
     two consultants who had previously assisted us in preparin    L
     the 1978 report.

                                  ,i/&'   /          (005204)
                                               DQ/ C   W5

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