• Calculate the power pool operating costs with and without the SPS using a more realistic model of the power pool (use Production Costing Programs). • Using utility expansion planning programs and a more realistic model of the power pool than was used in this study, calculate the utility costs (fixed and operating) as a function of the year after the SPS becomes operational, if (a) the utilities purchase the SPS, (b) the utilities purchase energy from the owner of the SPS, or (c) they follow normal (non-SPS) expansion. • Determine how the availability of SPS power is likely to affect the utility generation expansion plans. • Determine the maximum amount of SPS power that can be absorbed by power pools of various sizes. • Perform those studies which will will be required to define the magnitude and location of the hazards, if any, likely to be associated with the SPS. 1.2 Reliability and Stability The overall reliability of the bulk electric power network has been given the highest priority by the utilities and the FPC. The ★ following are some of the many aspects of system reliability. * "Design of Electric Power Systems for Maximum Service Reliability" by C. Concordia, CIGRE> 1968, Report No. 32-08.
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