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9. (Especially in fuel storage) Infrastructure for the provision of energy has many planning dimensions Consider gasoline…
10. Photo in Longstreth, fig 10: Foy’s service station, 211 N Figueroa, Los Angeles, 1928.
11. Big oil and the monkey wrench entrepreneur Photo in Longstreth, fig 30: Texaco “type C,” probably west coast, 1937.
12. Gasoline distribution today Photo from Violence Policy Center, “Sitting Ducks: The Threat to the Chemical and Refinery Industry From 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles.”: http://www.vpc.org/studies/ducktwo.htm
13. Gasoline distribution: NJ tank farm Photo from SPROL: “worst places in the world” http://www.sprol.com/
15. Tank farm Source: image provided by Chevron. Downloaded from: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=oil_home-basics
16. Source: image provided by Argonne National Laboratory. Downloaded from: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009_energypolicy/documents/2009-08-24_workshop/presentations/08_CEC_Schremp_Imports_and_Pipeline_Exports.pdfSource
17. Petroleum pipelines to and from CA http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/2003-09-09_600-03-014F.PDF http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/pipeline/documents/Fig1_Major_Refined_Pipeline.PDF
19. U.S. Natural Gas Supply Basins Relative to Major Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation Corridors, 2008
20. Major Changes in Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation Capacity, 1998-2008 http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/comparemapm.pps
21. “Electricity is special because it cannot be stored” neither can fire! Electricity (it still involves land uses)
22. Recall: Three sorts of “snapshots” for analyzing infrastructure “events”: Micro economics, in this case looking at potentials for monopolies. Also looking at notion of “non-redeployable investment.” Inventory of stakeholders and their interests and for institutional change. A look at the technological landscape and its inter-relationships with environmental goals and price elasticities of fuels.
23. Recall:Three questions to guide inquiries of infrastructure: By what process(es) was it constituted and is it sustained? Where do opportunities for change lie within those processes? Is a better infrastructure outcome imaginable? If so, can it be realized by exploiting the opportunities for change that have been identified?
27. Schematic of infrastructure for electricity Figure source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/electricity_basics.html generation transmission distribution natural monopolies deregulation was limited to
28. Schematic of infrastructure for electricity Figure source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/electricity_basics.html generation transmission distribution On-site generation technologies may reduce the importance of these pieces
29. Energy supply Structure of industry Three components: Generation Transmission Distribution Legislation
36. Generation generic thermal generatorwww.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg_stru_update/fig3a.html Schematic of Gas Turbinewww.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg_stru_update/fig3b.html Schematic of Combined Cyclewww.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg_stru_update/fig3b.html Cogeneration Schematicwww.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg_stru_update/fig3b.html
37. U.S. Electric Power Industry Net Generation, 2009 Source:Figure ES1 http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epa_sum.html
45. CA has relatively clean energy Source: Environmental Integrity Project (May 2005). Dirty Kilowatts: America’s most polluting power plants. http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/
47. No CA plants are on this graph Source: Environmental Integrity Project (March 2010). Dirty Kilowatts: America’s most polluting power plants. http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/news_reports/ documents/DirtyKilowatts-Top50MercuryPowerPlantReport.pdf
51. TVA Coal-fired power plant accident, 22 Dec 2008 at Tennessee’s Kingston Fossil Plant NASA images http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36352 American News Project Videohttp://www.environmentalintegrity.org/index.php EPA cleanup web site http://www.epakingstontva.com/nature_extent.aspx
52. Energy utilities Deliver energy to customers in homes, offices, shops, etc Sell electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, and other energy sources Include public and private sector suppliers private sector suppliers include investor-owned as well as privately held
53. Distribution of consumption by sector, 2008/9 Data source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat7p2.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/california.html
59. residential price per kWh in 2005. Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html
60. residential price per kWh in 2006. Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html
61. residential price per kWh in 2008. Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html
62. residential price per kWh in 2009. Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html
63. Average Retail Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector , 1997-2007 (current dollars) Data source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat7p4.html
64. Regulation: PUHCA limits the geographic spread (therefore, size) of utility holding companies, the kinds of business they may enter, the number of holding companies over a utility in a corporate heirarchy, and their capital structure; (2) controls the amount of debt (thus, cost of capital), dividends, loans and guarantees based on utility subsidiaries (so the parents can’t loot or bankrupt the utility subsidiary), and the securities that parent companies may issue; Weakened by EPA of 2005
65. Regulation: PUHCA (3) regulates self-dealing among affiliate companies and cross-subsidies of unregulated businesses by regulated businesses; (4) controls acquisitions of other utilities and other businesses; and, (5) limits common ownership of both electric and natural gas utilities. Weakened by EPA of 2005 Lynn Hargis (September 2003) PUHCA FOR DUMMIES: An Electricity Blackout and Energy Bill Primer
67. Status of State Electric Industry Restructuring Activity -- as of February 2010 -- Interactive version: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/restructuring/restructure_elect.html
68. Sept. 14, 2000 Sue: This is the time of year when government affairs has to prove how valuable it is to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling . . . . Do you know when you started overscheduling load and making buckets of money on that?" Susan J. Mara, Enron's California director of regulatory affairs until December 2001 Overscheduling load — a tactic that Enron traders famously dubbed "Fat Boy" — involved purposely overstating how much electricity would be needed in the future, creating the appearance of power shortages and leading to inflated prices.
69. Sept. 14, 2000 Tim: "Well he [Jeffrey S. Richter] makes … between one and two [million] a day, which never shows up on any curve shift…. He steals money from California to the tune of about a million — " Timothy N. Belden Enron's West Coast trading chief Unknown voice: “Could you rephrase that?" Tim: "OK…he, um, he arbitrages the California market to the tune of a million bucks or two a day."
70. Consolidation of industry Between 1986-1998, 39 electric IOUs merged with other utilities in the industry.
73. Legislation The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) stipulated that electric utilities had to interconnect with and buy, at the utilities' avoided cost, capacity and energy offered by any nonutility facility meeting certain criteria established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Repealed by EPA of 2005
74. Legislation In 1996, FERC issued Order 888 which opened transmission access to non- utilities, thereby establishing wholesale competition, and Order 889 which requires utilities to establish electronic systems to share information about available transmission capacity.
75. Order 888 on stranded costs Recovery of stranded costs is perhaps the most contentious issue confronting regulators in promoting competition. Stranded costs (or assets) are costs that have been prudently incurred by utilities to serve their customers but cannot be recovered if the consumers choose other electricity suppliers. One study has estimated current stranded assets at $88 billion, and estimates of projected stranded costs range from $10 billion to $500 billion.
76. Legislation The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) opened access to transmission networks and exempted certain nonutilities from the restrictions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) Energy Policy Act of 2005 (555 pages) CBO Summary of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
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78. Suspended federal royalty payments five years for drilling in Gulf of Mexico deep water of more than 400 meters.
79. Requires the designation of corridors for oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution corridors on Federal land in certain contiguous Western States and on Federal land in States other than the contiguous Western States (ie. the East and HI and AK) Photo source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. See http://www.savearcticrefuge.org/sections/photo.html
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81. Bans MTBE use by 2014 and gives more than $3.8 billion in transition aid for MTBE makers to switch to other products.
82. renewable fuels standard -- 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol (made from corn) and other renewable-based fuel to the nation's supply of gasoline by 2012
83. Cuts number of special gasoline blends now required to ease air pollution in cities and regions.
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87. Extends deadline for cities downwind of polluting factories to comply with smog standards if states can prove that most pollution comes from outside their borders.
89. Authorizes more than $3 billion annually to help poor families pay winter heating bills.Source: Reuters News Service, 22 April 2005.
90. References California Solar initiative (jan 2006) Press release:http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/word_pdf/NEWS_RELEASE/52745.pdf Fact sheet:http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/energy/solar/california_solar_initiative_-_fact_sheet.pdf Energy Information Administration of DOE Quick facts:http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickelectric.html 2008 Energy Outlook: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html Monthly Energy Review: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/contents.html Laws Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935:http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngmajorleg/pubutility.html Energy Policy Act of 2005: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ058.109 Resources to help understand the EPA of 2005:http://www.energy.wsu.edu/ftp-ep/pubs/library/EnergyPolicyAnalysis.pdf