POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND IMPORT DEPENDENCY OF FUEL CHOICES FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION IN NEW ENGLAND

Prospective federal legislation gives the federal government authority to order existing natural gas and oil-fired electric generating plants and new electric power plants to utilize coal as their primary fuel. It is anticipated that if such a policy were implemented in New England, attainment of regional energy, environmental and economic objectives might be jeopardized by increased electric costs and elevated air pollution levels. This paper examines these economic and environmental consequences of coal utilization and is based on two analyses: the first of new coal-fired power plants and the second of two existing oil-fired plants that could be converted to coal. All are located at relatively urbanized sites in New England.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proc Counc Econ 106th AIME Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 6-10, 1977 and Compr Subj and Author Indices to 1974-1977 Proceedings.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Mining, Mettalurgy & Petroleum Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Clark, P B
  • Hearding, D W
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 89-106

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Coal; Coal fuels; Coal industry; Electric power generation; Electric power plants; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Furnaces; Public utilities; Socioeconomic factors; Technology; Traffic forecasting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Utilities
• Geographic Terms: New England
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic and sociological effects
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178154
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1978 12:00AM