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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (296826)	9/15/2002 11:20:29 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Raymond, re:"Where can I learn more about the SoCal NOx credits issue" I posted about this on the CA energy page and linked to an article around March. The article is no longer available. But there is an analysis about this subject done by Cambridge University - though they only do analysis till the fall/winter of 2000. According to the report most of CA's gas fired plants produce ~1-2 lbs of NOx per MW produced. The report also mentions several power plants that produce over 5-6 lbs/MWhr. I have read a few articles mentioning that NOx credits peaking ~$45/lb.(and I seem to recall peak prices of around $50/lb, Dec2000 or Jan2001) . econ.cam.ac.uk re:"This is a tad disingenuous, IMO, because it applied only to the most marginal of peakers..." You are correct about this, but the amount of electricity produced by these peakers were probably not insignificant. And because of the high heat during the summer of 2000, imports from the Pacific Northwest and Southwest were significantly reduced. re:"The all-in generating capacity of the California system during the worst of the so-called "crisis" was about 55,000 Mw. The actual level of consumption at the time of the crisis was less than 35,000 Mw." You are correct that the ENTIRE State of California has generating capacity of ~53,000 MW, but I think you are using CAISO consumption numbers (35,000 MW in the summer of 2000 peak consumption was higher) - which excludes Los Angeles, Sacramento, California along the Oregon Border/Northern Nevada Border and I believe Anaheim (during the summer consumption numbers in the region. energy.ca.gov