Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP)
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Projected Change in Electricity Generation from 1996 for Full Competition Cases |
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- Electricity sales are projected to grow between 1.3 and 1.8 percent per year from 1996 through 2015.
- All of the increases in coal-fired generation occur by 2005 as a result of greater utilization of existing coal-fired power plants (60 percent in 1996 compared with 77 to 79 percent in 2005). There is little additional change between 2005 and 2015, and no new coal-fired plants are projected to be built.
- Natural-gas-fired turbines and combined-cycle units are built to meet the need for additional generation. The amount of additional generation required will depend on the level of demand for electricity and the assumed early retirement of two nuclear power plants.
- In 2015, natural gas consumption is 0.4 to 0.5 quadrillion Btu above 1996 levels, and coal consumption is 0.1 to 0.2 quadrillion Btu higher than in 1996 levels.
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