Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. - Energy Highway

18.3.6 Air Resources ..................................................................................................................18-6
18.3.7 Construction Materials.....................................................................................................18-6
18.3.8 Energy..............................................................................................................................18-6
18.4 GROWTH-INDUCING ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION ...................................18-6
18.4.1 Employment and Associated Demand for Housing.........................................................18-7
18.4.2 Economic Benefits and Fiscal Impacts............................................................................18-7
18.4.3 Infrastructure Improvement.............................................................................................18-7
18.4.4 Creation of Further Growth Potential by Construction of Improved Infrastructure........18-8
18.5 EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED ACTION ON THE USE AND CONSERVATION OF
ENERGY................................................................................................................................18-8
18.6 USE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY........................................................................18-9
18.7 ELECTRIC MAGNETIC FIELDS ........................................................................................18-9
18.7.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................18-9
18.7.2 Overview .......................................................................................................................18-10
18.7.2.1 Electric Fields ......................................................................................................18-10
18.7.2.2 Magnetic Fields....................................................................................................18-10
18.7.3 ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELD STANDARDS ...............................................18-12
18.7.3.1 General.................................................................................................................18-12
18.7.3.2 New York Public Service Commission Electric Field Standards ........................18-12
18.7.3.3 New York Public Service Commission Magnetic Field Standards......................18-12
18.7.4 ELECTRIC MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH ............................................................18-12
18.7.4.1 General.................................................................................................................18-12
18.7.4.2 Overhead Segment ...............................................................................................18-13
18.7.4.3 Underground Segment .........................................................................................18-14
18.7.4.4 Cable Riser at Interconnection.............................................................................18-15
18.7.5 ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS.............................................................................18-16
18.7.5.1 Analysis................................................................................................................18-16
18.7.5.2 Conclusions..........................................................................................................18-17
19.0 ALTERNATIVES.....................................................................................................................19-1
19.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................19-1
19.2 “NO-ACTION” ALTERNATIVE..........................................................................................19-1
19.3 ALTERNATIVE PROJECT SITES.......................................................................................19-3
19.4 ELECTRIC INTERCONNECT ALTERNATIVE RIGHT-OF-WAYS ................................19-4
19.4.1 Alternative 1 ....................................................................................................................19-4
19.4.2 Alternative 2A .................................................................................................................19-5
19.4.3 Alternative 2B..................................................................................................................19-5
19.4.4 Alternatives for On-site Portion of Electric Transmission Line ......................................19-6
19.5 FUEL RIGHT-OF-WAY ALTERNATIVES.........................................................................19-7
19.6 ALTERNATIVE PROJECT TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING COOLING TECHNOLOGY 19-8
19.6.1 Once-Through Cooling....................................................................................................19-8
19.6.2 Mechanical Draft (Wet) Cooling Tower System.............................................................19-8
19.6.3 Hybrid (Wet/Dry) Cooling Tower System ......................................................................19-9
19.6.4 Natural Draft Towers.......................................................................................................19-9
19.7 ALTERNATIVE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES ...............................................................19-10
19.7.1 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR).............................................................................19-10
19.7.2 Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR)..................................................................19-11
19.7.3 XONON.....................................................................................................................19-11
19.7.4 SCONOX...................................................................................................................19-12
19.8 Facility DESIGN ALTERNATIVES ...................................................................................19-13
19.8.1 Alternative Gas Turbine Generating Capacities ............................................................19-13
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