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Public Power Daily Page 1 of S <br /> Wright, David <br /> From: Public Power Daily [newsletter t@bmail.neylorcarnpaigni.comj � <br /> Sent: Wednesday,July 21, 2010 3:01 AM <br /> a <br /> To: Wright, David �.•, <br /> Subject: Public Power Daily, July 21,2010 <br /> Mobile phone users can vs;,:•: :7r r limped verslarl•bete. <br /> if you cannot see this erratl properly,you can ,v thrs r Qe In yCW <br /> You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the Amerftn Public Power Assoclution,If you no longer wish to recelve this newsletter, <br /> you can <br /> Proven,fast, interoperattte t5roluliafi5 '0 <br /> vialt powered by Elster axis <br /> bIiu �&;,u ' ail'y <br /> W t- <br /> Wednesday, July 21,2010 ��-�I�,a�a5 l Fsingct-rr�a,nal_v I �vaRtse I <br /> APPAn?I•,,rg I APPA Onfina Somliers T Wdn <br /> Public Power Weekly <br /> Podcast <br /> Electricity from new power plants will cost roughly double what it <br /> costs now,study findS ,isten <br /> Electricity from new power plants—whether coal, natural gas, nuclear or wind— iTurles <br /> will cost roughly twice as much as electricity generated by existing plants, PSS Afchiv, <br /> according to a new study commissioned by the United States Carbon <br /> Sequestration Council. The study by consultant L.D. Carer looked at the levelized You can now subscribe <br /> cost of electricity from piants using each of those technologies over the period to the Public Power <br /> 2020-2050. Weeldy Podcast on <br /> The report estimated that the levelized cost of electricity from: <br /> a supercritical pulverized coal plant with carbon capture and sequestration <br /> (CCS)would be$1301MWh; <br /> • an integrated gasification combined-cycle coal plant with CCS would be <br /> $1171MWh; Visit APPA's <br /> • a combined-cycle natural gas plant with CC-9 would be$1191MWh; Facewok <br /> • an advanced nuclear plant would be$1271MWh; and P493 <br /> • a wind plant would be$1311MWh. <br /> Those are mid-range estimates. Key assumptions include an average carbon <br /> emission allowance price of$50/tonne and an average natural gas price of <br /> $8.25/mmBtu.The average cost of wholesale electricity in 2007 was$57/MWh, <br /> the study said. <br /> Assuming constraints on carbon, no single technology has a clear cost advantage, <br /> but cost advantages may materialize if ongoing research and development Is <br /> successful,the report said For exam pie,a major goal of CCS research"is to <br /> reduce the incremental cast of the technology to a small fraction of current <br /> incremental costs,"the report said. <br /> Non-cost factors,such as the availability of certain technologies, practical limits on <br /> the rate of introduction of new generati ng technologies, or who bears the risk of <br /> 7/21/2010 <br />