INCIDENT

At 5:00 p.m. a derecho hits, damaging power lines. You lose half your commercial and residential load. You must balance your load with generation. Could this have been predicted?

AVAILABLE GENERATION

TIME TIME

BASELOAD GENERATION ONLINE OFFLINE COAL BASELOAD 40 MW $50/MW NATURAL GAS BASELOAD 20 MW $30/MW NUCLEAR BASELOAD 50 MW $30/MW HYDROPOWER BASELOAD 5 MW $30/MW SOLAR BASELOAD 5 MW $40/MW WIND BASELOAD 5 MW $40/MW NATURAL GAS BASELOAD 15 MW $40/MW WASTE-TO-ENERGY BASELOAD 10 MW $60/MW

TIME TIME

PEAK GENERATION

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $250/MW 30 MIN NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 10 MW $90/MW 30 MIN NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $90/MW 30 MIN NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 10 MW $150/MW 30 MIN NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $200/MW 30 MIN

ONLINE OFFLINE

Baseload Generation

COAL BASELOAD 40 MW $50/MW

NATURAL GAS BASELOAD 20 MW $30/MW

NUCLEAR BASELOAD 50 MW $30/MW HYDROPOWER BASELOAD 5 MW $30/MW SOLAR BASELOAD 5 MW $40/MW

WIND BASELOAD 5 MW $40/MW NATURAL GAS BASELOAD 15 MW $40/MW WASTE-TO-ENERGY BASELOAD 10 MW $60/MW

PEAK GENERATION

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $250/MW 30 MIN

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 10 MW $90/MW 30 MIN

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $90/MW 30 MIN

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 10 MW $150/MW 30 MIN

NATURAL GAS SIMPLE CYCLE 5 MW $200/MW 30 MIN

HYDROPOWER PEAK 10 MW $70/MW 5 MIN

HYDROPOWER PEAK 5 MW $50/MW 5 MIN

HYDROPOWER PEAK 10 MW $90/MW 5 MIN

Time Time

Online Offline

Time Time

ONLINE OFFLINE