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CONTACT: Charlotte LeGates
PHONE: 202/326-9316
FAX: 202/326-9334
E-MAIL: clegates@ngsa.org
Subject: Threat to Natural Gas
from Mandated Use of Renewables Confirmed by New EIA Study
10% Renewables Mandate Erodes Natural Gas Opportunities
in
Electricity Generation by 15 Percent in 2020
The Energy Information Administration's new Annual Energy Outlook
1998 confirms what the Natural Gas Supply Association has been saying
for some time: Mandated use of renewable energy
for electricity generation would erode growth opportunities for natural
gas significantly.
Excerpts from Table F10: Key Results for Renewable
Portfolio Standard (RPS) Cases
| Generation by Fuel
(billion kilowatt hours) |
Reference | 2020
5% Mandate |
2020
10% Mandate |
| Coal | 2,265 | 2,189 | 2,101 |
| Natural Gas | 1,389 | 1,320 | 1,185 |
| Wood and Other Biomass | 13 | 104 | 258 |
| Solar Thermal | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Solar Photovoltaic | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind | 10 | 33 | 63 |
The 10 percent RPS would result in an additional $8 billion in annual
electricity prices. The reduction in carbon emissions would be only three
percent.
These results confirm the findings of a study done for NGSA earlier
this year by Charles River Associates that found that a renewables mandate
of 10 percent would:
Click here to obtain a copy of the EIA report, or contact the NGSA receptionist
at 202/326-9300 to receive faxed excerpts.
The Natural Gas Supply Association represents producers and marketers of domestic natural gas.
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This page was last updated December 19, 1997.