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Sheila:
Thanks for the article. Water is definately a hot topic in the Chicago area. Our existing facility (Lincoln Energy Center) in Manhattan is in pretty good shape with the GE Dry Low NOx burners. At peak usage times the plant requires a peak water usage of around 125 gallons per minute (gpm) or 120,000 gallons per day based on a 16-hour run schedule. This is probably one of the lowest water consumption levels of any power plant in Illinois. The two other sites (Plano and Pontiac) which we have permitted this year required significant discussion on the water usage issue. In our local zoning discussions/meetings we presented information that the proposed facility would have an estimated maximum water usage of 1000 gpm (this equates to approximately 1,000,000 gallons per day on a 16-hr basis). This was based on an equipment configuration of 10 LM 6000 units, which we felt was a fairly conservative water use estimate. Our Kendall County Special Use Permit for the Plano site has a specific condition on water usage which limits the maximum draw from on-site wells to 1000 gpm based on a 24-hour average. I believe that this translates into a instantaneous maximum of approximately 1350 gpm. This amount was determined by an ENSR study of the amount of water that could be withdrawn from the deep acquifer without impacting the overall levels of the acquifer. The City of Yorkville Annexation Agreement on the Plano site does not impose a maximum water usage quantity. The attached article suggest that some water use limitations may be imposed by the State of Illinois. I will check with our Chicago council to determine if such limitations would override zoning permits which have been already validly issued. My suspicion is that the State limitations would govern given that such limits are being designed specifically for peaker plants. I will let you know. Fred From: Sheila Tweed on 11/01/2000 06:53 PM To: Ben Jacoby/HOU/ECT@ECT, Fred Mitro/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: IL Power Projects - Water Issues-----FYI. ----- Forwarded by Sheila Tweed/HOU/ECT on 11/01/2000 06:52 PM ----- jforrester@mayerbrown.com (J. Paul Forrester) 11/01/2000 01:01 PM To: undisclosed-recipients:; cc: Subject: IL Power Projects - Water Issues FYI, I attach a recent report regarding water issues that are affecting power projects being developed in Illinois. We had previously raised a similar concern with you. Regards, Paul. J. Paul Forrester Mayer, Brown & Platt 190 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603-3441 DID: (312) 701-7366 Fax: (312) 701-7711 jforrester@mayerbrown.com ****************************************************************************** ** ****************************** NOTICE This e-mail message and any attachment is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the authorized employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, conversion to hard copy, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply and delete this message from your computer without retaining a copy thereof. Please note that if this message is forwarded or a reply to a prior message, some or all of the attachments and other contents may not have been produced by Mayer, Brown & Platt. Thank you. - water.pdf
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