Utilities differ on decisions despite study
MotnDaiimg costly, abandonment cheap...
SEATTLE (AP) — If work on two nu
clear power plants under construction in
Washington state resumes after a
20-month delay, the projects could cost
an additional $15 billion to finish, a
legislative study says
The Washington Public Power Supply
System, which is building the plants,
wants to mothball them until the summer
of 1983
Should WPPSS terminate the plants
immediately, instead of mothballing
them, it will save ratepayers at least $200
million, the study says
The Washington Energy Research
Center at the University of Washington
and Washington State University were
authorized by the Legislature last year to
study the future of WPPSS plants Nos 4
and 5 There are five segments to the
study, the first, released last week, es
timated a significantly lower regional
energy forecast than utilities predicted
i ne second segment of the study in
cludes projections of future construction
costs of the plants compiled by a panel of
construction managers The panel ex
amined what it would cost WPPSS to
delay construction until 1983 and what it
would cost to abandon the plants im
mediately The final segments of the
report will be released Thursday
“If WPPSS delays those two $12 billion
plants two years, the study says it can
add another $15 billion to their con
struction costs," said Terry Husseman,
staff director of the Senate Energy Com
mittee, who is directing the study
"Because of the delay, they (the panel)
project there will be added interest costs
and it will cost them more to restart the
plants.”
WPPSS has not seen the report yet
and has no comment on it, said Jim
Hughes, supply system spokesman
The report also states WPPSS overes
timated the speed at which it can build
the plants if construction is resumed
after the mothballing The panel
determined the cost for work already
completed would total $2 064 billion if
the plants are terminated immediately If
WPPSS waits until 1983, construction
bills would total $2 269 billion
PUDs support mothballing, snub study
SEATTLE (AP) — Four public utility
districts in Washington state have of
ficially decided to go along with a plan to
mothball two partially completed nuclear
power plants
The Grant and Douglas county public
utility districts voted Monday and the
Benton County Public Utility District vot
ed Tuesday to participate in the moth
balling The Richland City Council Mon
day night approved participation in the
plan by Richland Electrical, operated by
the city
The Okanogan County Electric
Cooperative, which serves about 1,500
customers in the Methow Valley, voted
Mjnday against participating in the
mothballing plan
Richland Electrical has a 1 965 per
cent share of the two nuclear power
plants, while the Okanogan co-op owns a
045 percent share of the two nuclear
power plants The Benton County and
Grant County PUDs each own a five
percent share, and Douglas County PUD
a 01 percent share
The Washington Public Power Supply
System is building the two plants, one at
the Hanford nuclear reservation and the
other at Satsop east of Olympia, for 88
public utility districts
In Oregon, the Drain City Council vot
ed against mothballing The city-owned
utility, which serves 620 customers,
owns 067 percent of the projects
The plants have been on hold since
last fall when New York money markets
refused to loan more money to continue
construction and serious questions were
raised about whether the electricity from
the plants would be needed
Three private utilities and 12 large
industrial firms, mostly aluminum com
panies, have agreed in principle to par
ticipate in the mothballing but the details
of their participation have yet to be ham
mered out.
If the mothballing plan fails, the supply
system will have no choice but to aban
don the plants Outright termination
would cost between $335 million and
$800 million and more than $2 billion
worth of bonds would have to be paid off
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