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EMD-77-22 1 (1977-03-16)

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Power Production at Federal Dams Could Be Increased by
Modernizing Turbines and Generators. B-129042; END-77-22. March
16, 1977. 12 pp.

Report to Chairman, Department of the Army; Secretary,
Department of the Interior; by J. Dexter Peach (for Monte
Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div.).

Contact: Energy and Minerals Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
    Water Resources and Power (301).
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on interior and Insular
    Affairs; Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

         Existing Federal hydroelectric plants could increase
power production by modernizing turbiDes to increase
efficiencies and capacities end by moderzizing generators tc
increase capacities. Findings/Conclusions: Increasing
hydroelectric power production will increese the Naticn's energy
supply, displace consumption Cf nonrenewable fuels by
fossil-fuel powerplants, reduce pollution, increase Federal
revenues, and displace or delay construction of alternate power
sources. Detailed analysis at each powerplant is needed to
determine what modernization improvements might be made and if
they wculd be cost effective. At present, the agencies do not
have a system to make sure that opportunities are identified and
acted upon. Recommendations: The Secretaries of the Intericr
and the Army and the Clairman of the Board cf the Tennessee
Valley Authority should: idantify opportunities to improve
hydropower production through equipment modernization, implement
those that are economicailly justified, and consider making
changes before the end of the equipment's useful life; include
in the economic analysi; the value of oil or coal consumption
lisplaced and, either di.rectly or indirectly, the value of
maintenance costs reduced by installing new equilpment; include
feasible turbine and generator modernization in their overall
hydroelectric power expansion plans; and develop systems to make
sure that future technological improvements are recognized and
considered for implementation in existing systems. (Author/SC)

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