INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION<sup>1</sup>

Trelease, Frank J.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1976.tb00210.x

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“…In addition, increased water use for energy development in this area will be subject to several legal and institutional constraints. One of the most important is the Yellowstone River Compact which requires unanimous consent of the signatory states (Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota) before water can be diverted from the basin (Trelease, 1976). For instance, the legislatures of all three states would have to approve use of Yellowstone Basin water to transport coal out of the basin by slurry pipelines.…”

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RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹

Knapp

Leistritz

1978

J American Water Resour Assoc

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This paper reports on the development of a mathematical model for forecasting energy development in the Yellowstone study area for the years 1985 and 2000, and determining the associated economic demands for water, land, labor, capital, and mineral resources. The study was prepared for use by the Missouri River Basin Commission in conducting a comprehensive, “Level B” planning study of the water and related land resources in the Yellowstone River Basin. The study results indicate that the amount of coal development in the Yellowstone study area will depend primarily upon state and federal energy policies and regulations. Policies related to slurry pipeline transportation of coal will be particularly important in determining the level and pattern of future energy development in the area. Coal production under the “most probable” scenario is expected to increase from about 40 million tons in 1976 to 163 million tons per year by 1985, and 513 million tons in the year 2000. Consumptive water use for energy development in the study area could be as much as 556,000 acre‐feet per year by the year 2000 (under the high scenario). A parametric analysis was conducted on the 1985 most probably scenario to determine the influence on the study results of variations in the delivered price of water. Water requirements were reduced by nearly one‐fourth as water costs increased from zero to over $750 per acre‐foot.

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“…Another potential constraint to water use for energy is the water rights of various Indian tribes. Because most of these rights have not been quantified, they represent an uncertainty for energy and resource planners (Trelease, 1976).…”

Section: Demand Schedule For Watermentioning

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RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹

Knapp

Leistritz

1978

J American Water Resour Assoc

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“…With irrigation accounting for roughly 90% of all western water consumption there is a general consensus that if water rights are transferred to energy they will come from this sector (Trelease, 1976;Bishop and Naryanan, 1979;Hudson, 1978;Goslin, 1977). By contrast, domestic water use is expected to increase to accommodate new residents drawn West by energy development and there is little evidence to suggest that municipalities, having problems of their own acquiring new rights, will sell water to energy developers.…”

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“…These issues, including the types of purposes the water may be used for and the seniority of these rights, must -IY IYII I YIYII be resolved before the effect these claims will have on the remaining flows in a number of western rivers can be fully quantified. Until then, there will be considerable uncertainty surrounding estimates regarding the amount of water available for energy development (Veeder, 1976;Trelease, 1976;Thomas and Anderson, 1976). …”

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Methodology for assessing alternative water-acquisition-and-use strategies for energy facilities in the American West

Shaw¹,

Adams²,

Harleman³

et al. 1981

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This report develops a method for assessing alternative strategies for acquiring and using water at western energy plants. The method has been tested in a case study of cooling water use for a hypothetical steam electric power plant on the Crazy Woman Creek, an unregulated stream in Wyoming.The results from the case study suggest a careful analysis of reservoir design and water right purchase strategies can reduce the cost of acquiring and using water at an energy facility. The key to this advance arises because water is not a homogeneous good: different sources will deliver water with different costs and different reliabilities. This occurs because water supplies are sensitive to seasonal changes. The methodology recognizes this seasonal component in supply and searches for optimal (or 'non-inferior') tradeoffs between conserving water in the plant cooling system, building larger reservoirs, and purchasing existing water rights.The method uses simulation models to assess the capital and operating costs and expected monthly water consumption rates for different cooling system designs. The method also uses reservoir operating algorithms to select, for a fixed cooling system design, the optimal tradeoff between building a make-up water reservoir and purchasing water rights. These tradeoffs can be used to derive the firm's true demand curve for different sources of water. The analysis also reveals the implicit cost of selecting strategies which minimize conflicts with other water users.Three noteworthy findings are revealed for the single case study, though it appears these findings will hold for other small, unregulated rivers where some fraction of the flow remains unappropriated by existing users:1. Cooling ponds are as good as or preferred to wet towers because their costs already include provisions for storing water for use during the normally dry summer months and during occasional drought years.2. The energy firm's demand for overall water consumption in the cooling system is inversely proportional to both the cost of installing make-up water reservoirs, and the size of the energy facility.3. The firm's willingness to pay for existing rights is proportional to both the cost of installing reservoirs, and the size of the energy facility.Taken together, these last two findings suggest an energy firm's demand for water in general and its demand for existing water rights in particular can move in opposite directions. Contrary to recommendations seen elsewhere in the literature (Bishop and Naryanan, 1978), it does not necessarily follow that water should be transferred away from alternative uses to energy simply because energy firms can pay premium prices for the total water their plants consume. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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“…examined in several studies(Northern Great Plains Resources Program 1974, Anderson & Keith 1977, Radosevich et al 1977, and Trelease 1976. Large transfers of water from irrigation to the energy industry could have a major impact on agricultural operations, especially because irrigated lands are an important feed base for livestock production.…”

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Economic Development and Community Social Change

Summers

Branch²

1984

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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There is growing recognition that economic development in advanced indus trial societies involves massive capital migration from one industrial sector to another, from one community to another, and even from one nation to another.Economic development is a continual process of opening new areas, spatially and sectorally, while closing others. Development projects in rural communi ties provide a timely and valuable laboratory in which to learn how the restructuring of advanced industrial societies affects local social structures.This chapter extracts and reviews what has been learned from studies of communities coping with rural industrialization and natural resource develop ment, especially large-scale projects. Particular attention is given to changes in employment patterns, income, population, agriculture, local businesses, and public sector costs and revenues. The findings reveal an underlying tension between the free movement of capital, on the one hand, and community stability and worker welfare, on the other hand. The authors conclude that local social changes are integral elements of external processes of economic develop ment. They may be understood by directing attention to the spatial patterns of social, economic. and political inequality and to the mechanisms that generate and sustain unevenness.

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INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION¹

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RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹

RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹

Methodology for assessing alternative water-acquisition-and-use strategies for energy facilities in the American West

Economic Development and Community Social Change

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RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN1

RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN1

Methodology for assessing alternative water-acquisition-and-use strategies for energy facilities in the American West

Economic Development and Community Social Change

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INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION¹

RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹

RESOURCE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN¹