The impact of water use fees on dispatching and water requirements for water-cooled power plants in Texas

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7128-7134

  Sanders, Kelly T ^a   Blackhurst, Michael F ^b   King, Carey W ^c   Webber, Michael E ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS; WATER-COOLED POWER PLANTS; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

WATER;

COOLING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER PLANT; PRICE DYNAMICS; THERMAL POWER; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; FEE; GENERATOR; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; POWER PLANTS; TEXAS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84902596880     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500469q     Document Type: Article

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