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Recommendations and Possible Action on Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) Licensing Period Phase 1 Participation
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Carbon Free Power Project Power Sales Contract with the Budget and Plan of Finance between the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and the Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico and forward to the Los Alamos County Council with a recommendation to approve Resolution No. 18-09.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board approve the Power Sales Contract and the Amended Budget and Plan of Finance as presented and forward to the County Council.
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BACKGROUND: At the recommendation of a citizen ad hoc committee and the direction of the BPU, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) was tasked to continue participating in the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) as an option for meeting the County’s power demands. The CFPP is being considered as a potential resource for replacing the County’s coal generation assets and to meet a Board-approved goal for the DPU to be a carbon-neutral electrical energy provider by 2040.
Through DPU’s membership with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), staff has been following the development of the CFPP, which is a projected 600MW nuclear generating station to be built in Idaho using small modular reactor (SMR) technology. As it is being designed, the facility would house up to twelve SMRs developed by NuScale Power, each capable of generating up to fifty megawatts of electric power for a total plant capacity of 600MW. The County’s share would be 8MW.
The following has been accomplished thus far:
• The County participated in the CFPP Project Study Phase and Siting Agreement (also referred to as the fatal flaw analysis). Findings - No fatal flaws were discovered in this phase, clearing the path for continued development.
• DPU surveyed it customers on how str...
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