2009 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

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About 53.0 percent of queued capacity is from natural gas projects. Some of these queued generator interconnection requests are duplicative, since more than one point of injection into the system is being evaluated. Also, this additional capacity may be used to serve Pennsylvania customers or out-of-state customers. See Figure 3.5. Appendix A provides the status of generator interconnection requests located in Pennsylvania. Figure 3.5 PJM Queued Capacity in Pennsylvania Hydro 1.6% Methane 0.3% Oil 3.8% Biomass 0.5% Other 1.3% Diesel 0.0% Wind 20.7% Nuclear 10.9% Coal 7.5% Natural Gas 53.4% The generating capacity located in Pennsylvania totals 51,135 MW. 37 As stated earlier, the output of some of these facilities may serve loads outside of Pennsylvania. The state’s demand is about 30,000 MW. See Figure 3.6. Appendix B lists the existing power plants located in Pennsylvania. Figure 3.6 Existing Capacity in Pennsylvania Other 1.1% Nuclear 19.1% Hydro 4.4% Wind 0.5% Natural Gas 27.2% Oil 6.6% Waste Coal 3.0% Coal 38.1% 37 Electric Power Generation Association. Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania 2008-2013 67
Section 4 - Conclusions Conclusions Pennsylvania continues to benefit from a high level of electric service reliability. The Pennsylvania outlook reflects the regional assessment of RFC. RFC reports that there is sufficient generation, transmission and distribution capacity in Pennsylvania to meet the needs of electric consumers for the foreseeable future. RFC anticipates that its reserve margin target will be satisfied through 2012, provided that proposed generation projects will be completed in a timely manner and enhancements to the transmission network will be capable of reliably delivering those resources. Summer reserve margins in RFC range from a high of 20.6 percent in 2008, declining to 8.9 percent in 2017. In 2013, additional capacity resources will likely be needed to maintain adequate reserves. The 2008 PJM reserve margin for existing capacity resources was 26.2 percent. Reserve margins are expected to meet the 15 percent reserve margin target through 2013. The Commission continues to pursue demand-side management, energy efficiency and load management programs and technologies to address ways to encourage customers to reduce their demand. These efforts include the implementation of Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program. In the long term, this initiative will improve overall energy efficiency, including energy markets and system reliability. Furthermore, the implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act will serve as a catalyst for the development of alternative energy resources. Through demand side measures and overall improvements in energy efficiency, EDCs and all customer classes will benefit from this effort. * * * * * To summarize the relevant statistics in this report, aggregate Pennsylvania sales in 2008 totaled approximately 148.3 billion kilowatthours, a 0.5 percent decrease from that of 2007. Residential sales accounted for 34.6 percent of the total sales, followed by industrial (32 percent) and commercial (30.9 percent). Between 1993 and 2008, the state’s energy demand grew at an average annual rate of 1.5 percent. Residential sales grew at an annual rate of 1.8 percent, commercial at 2.5 percent and industrial at 0.5 percent. Average total sales growth from 2003 to 2008 was 1.4 percent. The current aggregate five-year projection of growth in energy demand is 1.2 percent. This includes a residential 68 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
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