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To: energyplay who wrote (91315)	9/30/2007 2:06:57 PM
From: quehubo	Respond to of 206172

My guess is that as RTO's get better and as incremental demand increases, RTO's will lean on CC earlier in day and more often. Before if there was a question about whether demand was going to be satisfied with CC or peaker the situation may have leant itself to a peaker if the need arose. Now with more CC's you can bring them up incrementally, you can vary their load without huge efficiency losses. 1 gt + 1 st then 2 gt + 1 st, etc. If your load profile is increasing across the day it is easier to bring these on. They have a longer start up time. Besides it is clear as more demand is satisfied with ng it is going to be with baseloaded CC plants.