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==Market Projections==


The  Energy  Information  Agency  (EIA),  based  in  Washington,  D.C.,
reported the 1985 net generation of electric power to be 2,489  billion
kilowatt hours.  At a conservative sale price of $.04 per kilowatt hour
that  results in a yearly income of 100 billion dollars.  The EIA  also
reported  that the 1985 capacity according to generator name plates  to
be  656,118  million watts.  This would result in a  yearly  output  of
5,740  billion kilowatt hours at 100% utilization.  What this means  is
that  we  use only about 40% of the power we can  generate  (an  excess
capability of 3,251 billion kilowatt hours).

Allowing for down time and maintenance and the fact that the night time
off  peak  load is available, it is possible that half  of  the  excess
power  generation  capability  could be  utilized.   If  1,625  billion
kilowatt  hours were sold yearly at $.06/kilowatt, income  would  total
9.7 billion dollars.