CONTENTS Page Appendix I-Responses to additional questions from: William H. Young, Department of Energy Bertram Wolfe, General Electric Co.......... Joseph M. Farley, Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Andrew C. Kadak, Yankee Atomic Electric Co. Frederick W. Buckman, Consumers Power.. Marcus A. Rowden, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Appendix II-Additional material submitted for the record.... (Sections 6003 and 6004 of Title VI and Title X) Appendix I-Responses to additional questions from: H. Leighton Steward, Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.... Robert B. Catell, Brooklyn Union Gas Co. F. Joseph Graham, Union Carbide Corp........ William S. Scherman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr., Sonat, Inc.... APPENDIXES TO MARCH 5, 1991 HEARING (Titles XII and XIII) Appendix I-Responses to Additional Questions POST-HEARING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILLIAM H. YOUNG ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY MARCH 5, 1991 (1) Question 1. QUESTION FROM SENATOR WALLOP ELECTRICITY SUPPLY The Department of Energy estimates that a combination of increases in demand and retirement of existing electric generation capacity will require an additional 200,000 megawatts of capacity by the year 2010. a. Would you agree with Mr. Wolfe's statement that until Answer: Some regions of the U.S. had excess generating capacity through the 1980's. However, during the late 1980's, some regions notably New England had limited capacity reserves and experienced occasional degradation in service because of insufficient generating capacity. b. We expect regions that still have excess capacity to need new capacity by the mid or late 1990's. Faced with today's environmental laws such as the Clean Air Answer: Theoretically, the requirement for new generating capacity could be satisfied without additional technologies that emit low levels of sulfur I dioxide and nitrous oxides could meet our Nation's future electricity requirements and satisfy the requirements of the Clean Air Act. C. However, without nuclear power as an option, we In your judgement, can the third world meet its anticipated requirements for electricity without a large expansion of nuclear power? Answer: The third world can and is expected to meet its anticipated requirements for electricity without a forecasts show that nuclear power's share is expected to increase to only about 2.5 percent by |