Electric vehicles during a disaster

[Chewwy]

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73% of the power avalble in the USA is own by the goverment.
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What is the source for this info?

 

[Rockbadchild]

What is the source for this info?

''The principal characteristic of U.S. hydroelectric plant ownership is the private sector (private utility and non-utility owners, cooperatives, and industrial owners) owns most of the 2,388 plants (69%), but the public sector (federal and non-federal public owners) owns most (73%) of the 74,872 MW of capacity. Private owners that are not utilities own 38% of the plants corresponding to only 4% of the total capacity, while private utilities own 31% of the plants corresponding to 24% of the total capacity. Seven federal agencies own the largest fraction of the total capacity (51%). Non-federal publicly-owned plants constitute 24% of the plant population corresponding to 22% of the total capacity.''

https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/3374828.pdf

 

[MossRoad]

What is the source for this info?

He's in Canada. Much different than the U.S.

 

[Rockbadchild]

He's in Canada. Much different than the U.S.

I send the source above... did I miss understood of the meaning of ''the public sector (federal and non-federal public owners) owns most (73%) of the 74,872 MW of capacity'' ?

 

[KennyG]

So 73 percent of US hydro is public owned but hydro is only about 6 percent of U S electricity. Canada has more but remember that companies like "Ontario Hydro" don't use hydro for most of their power. Canada has a very different approach to public/private ownership of power companies than the US.

 

[MossRoad]

I send the source above... did I miss understood of the meaning of ''the public sector (federal and non-federal public owners) owns most (73%) of the 74,872 MW of capacity'' ?

According to the document you linked to:

https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/3374828.pdf

In the U.S., less than 7% of power is generated from hydroelectric power.

(see page 2)

The federal government owns about 51% of hydroelectric power generation capacity (big dams, like the Grand Coulee) and non-federal public owns about 22% of capacity.

However, private industry owns about 66% of the nearly 2400 hydro facilities in the U.S.

The federal government and non-federal public only own about 1/3 of the hydro facilities in the U.S.

 

[Rockbadchild]

my bad I had a brain fart right there its been a long day ........ but if I understand correctly in the US the government own 63% of the utilities but the gris distribution is own by a corporation?

'' Of all utilities, 2,020 were publicly owned (including 10 Federal utilities), 932 were rural electric cooperatives, and 243 were investor-owned utilities. The electricity transmission network is controlled by Independent System Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations, which are not-for-profit organizations that are obliged to provide indiscriminate access to various suppliers in order to promote competition.''

 

[MossRoad]

my bad I had a brain fart right there its been a long day ........ but if I understand correctly in the US the government own 63% of the utilities but the gris distribution is own by a corporation?

'' Of all utilities, 2,020 were publicly owned (including 10 Federal utilities), 932 were rural electric cooperatives, and 243 were investor-owned utilities. The electricity transmission network is controlled by Independent System Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations, which are not-for-profit organizations that are obliged to provide indiscriminate access to various suppliers in order to promote competition.''

No. Most electric companies are investor owned, not government owned.

 

[newbury]

No. Most electric companies are investor owned, not government owned.

And where do electric co-ops fall in that definition?
Like:

Tombigbee Electric Power Association (TEPA) is a non-profit, customer owned utility dedicated to providing electric service to residential, commercial, industrial, and public facilities.

Are they non-profit investor owned?

 

[MossRoad]

And where do electric co-ops fall in that definition?
Like:

Are they non-profit investor owned?

They are private.