ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the amount and disposition of secondary energy associated with the hydro system operated to maximize its firm load-carrying capability. It shows that the extent to which the intertie may substitute for Treaty storage. One important reason for this was that the amount of power obtainable from the Columbia as a result of the Treaty storage and benefit division averaged less for the United States than that available from the Columbia under independent development. If the price were greater than the cost of alternative sources of power, however, the excess cost of the Treaty system would be increased. Since there is substantially more storage in the Treaty system than in the domestic system at any comparable point in time, there will be less secondary energy to combine with imported energy. The system configuration for the Treaty was given by the selection of projects in the International Work Group’s study of the Canadian entitlement.
