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Progress Energy and the Environment Western North Carolina Air Quality

Progress Energy and the Environment Western North Carolina Air Quality. Don Cooke April 29, 2003.

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Progress Energy and the Environment Western North Carolina Air Quality

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  1. Progress Energy and the EnvironmentWestern North Carolina Air Quality Don Cooke April 29, 2003

  2. Local plant may store more nuclear wasteBy Millard K. IvesStaff Writermillard.ives@wilmingtonstar.comThe Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport wants to build a dry-cask fuel-storage facility to hold more nuclear waste.Progress Energy, which operates the plant, has begun asking for bids from companies to construct the facility on its grounds near Southport. It will likely be built in 2005 or 2006, and the waste would be held there until a proposed nuclear repository is constructed in Nevada, said Mike McCracken, a spokesman for the nuclear plant….

  3. Some other issues…... • Coal Combustion Products • Endangered Species Act • Total Maximum Daily Loads • Hydro Relicensing • Chemical control • Regulatory Reform • Environmental Justice • Vegetation Management • Groundwater Quality Standards • PCB’s…..

  4. ….and Air Quality Article published Apr 29, 2003‘Haze Cam’ provides look at air pollution in TriadGREENSBORO - A Web site operated by Forsyth County is giving Triad residents an up-close view of the polluted air that plagues the region.Triad Haze Cam, which went online this month, displays views snapped every half-hour from 2,360 feet up Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County.One view looks toward western North Carolina. The other is to the northeast.

  5. Air Quality • What are the trends? • Where have we been? • Where are we going?

  6. Economic Growth Trends Comparison of Growth Areas and Emission Trends US Gross Domestic Product Increased 158% Vehicle Miles Traveled Increased 143% Energy Consumption Increased 45% US Population Increased 36% Aggregate Emissions Decreased 29% (Six Principal Pollutants) Source: EPA Trends Report for 2000

  7. NOx 4% SO2 31% PM-2.5 5% (since 1990) VOCs 32% PM-10 47% EPA - National Air Emissions TrendsPercentage change in total emissions (1981-2000)

  8. Are trends similar in North Carolina? • Statewide air quality trends show similar results over last twenty years • PM - 10 Declined • SO2 Declined • NOx Increased • Acid Rain Declined

  9. Ozone Exceedance Days (total orange, red and purple) 1 Source: NC DAQ

  10. But Air Quality Problems Remain... • Visibility • Ozone • Fine particlesWhat’s being done?

  11. Federal and State Initiatives to Reduce emissions • EPA’s clear skies (NOx, SO2, and Mercury targets and time tables) • NC’s clean smokestacks (NOx, SO2 targets and time tables) • NOx SIP Call Plan already being implemented through 2006 • EPA Regional Haze Regulation reduces future SO2 emissions (2007-2010) • Clean Air Act Title IV(Acid Rain program mandates SO2 and NOx reductions)

  12. The President’s Clear Skies Initiative February 14, 2002 Reduces NOx, SO2 and mercury emission from power generation sources by 70%. Edison Electric Institute on The Clear Skies Act of 2002: “Such an approach, if done right, could allow power companies to make even deeper cuts in air emissions, while lowering regulatory compliance costs, saving money for customers, and maintaining the nation’s diverse fuel mix.”

  13. National Emission Levels of SO2, Nox and Mercury and Cap Levelsunder the Clear Skies Proposal Actual Clear Skies Proposal

  14. Governor Easley’s Clean Air Legislation • Puts more stringent controls on NC coal fired plants than any state in U.S. has implemented • Far exceeds both Federal and EPA standardsNo surcharge - freezes rates for five years

  15. Progress Energy NOX Emissions ReductionsAnnual Emission in tons Actual SIP Call Clear Skies Clean Smokestacks

  16. Progress Energy SO2Emissions ReductionsAnnual Emission in tons Actual Projected by EPA and NC Proposals Clean Smokestacks Clear Skies

  17. How will we get there? • Environmental leadership - the pursuit of new technologies • No utility in the country has been as aggressive as Progress Energy in searching out new technologies • Produce affordable, reliable electricity - cost is very important to many customers

  18. Progress Energy is a Leader in Implementing New NOx Reduction Technologies • Brought 2 new technologies to the US from Europe • Third U.S. installation of AEFLGR NOx control technology at the CP&L Skyland Plant • Installed the 1st SCR in North Carolina • Benefits to stakeholders • Cleaner air • Capital cost savings of $50M • Introduced new low cost NOx control options for industry and other utilities

  19. Progress Energy AshevilleOzone Season NOx Reductions Actual Projected 86% reduction Largest on system 70 %

  20. Average SO2 Emissions Rates Asheville Plant Coal-Fired Units Emissions Standard = 2.3 lbs/mm Btu

  21. Asheville Unit No. 2 Opacity Data(1998 and 1999)

  22. Where do we go from here? Practice Environmental Stewardship • Conserve electricity • Ideal Choice Home Program Support Clean Air Initiatives • Land of Sky Clean Air Campaign • Alternative Transportation Choices • Strive Not to Drive Program • Ozone Action Awareness Days Program • Clean Air Car Fair

  23. Summary • Reliability, affordability, & environmental stewardship • PGN is reducing emissions now and will continue in the future • Pursuit of Innovative Technologies • Efficiently manage best control technology

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