PlanetNL5:
Low Reservoirs Will Strain Thermal Generation This Winter
Uncle Gnarley suggested readers be given a respite from the
gloomy Muskrat analysis series and instead asked PlanetNL to provide a critique
on a different energy concern: the impact of low reservoir levels on this
winter’s energy supply needs, as just revealed in a recent NL Hydro report.
The first concern is the cost of unplanned high fuel consumption
at Holyrood and the standby combustion turbines over the winter and possibly
well into 2018, a cost that NL Hydro is certain to want to recover through rate
adjustments. A considerable pre-Muskrat
rate hike will result.
