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53 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
Dane Sabo
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NUCE 2122 - Summer 2025
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# *Instructions:*
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Read and analyze the internet details associated with Constellation Energy and Dominion Energy. They are the two most significant companies in the US.
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For each company prepare the following analysis:
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- What are their main businesses/ separate companies
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- What is the total installed generation in MWE owned or operated
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by each company
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- What are the types and MWE of power plants they own or operate.
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- Which of their plants are owned and operated as merchant plants and which are regulated
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- What does their strategic plan say
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- What are the major risks or challenges that they face in the next
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10 years
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*Send the completed summary to `chris67ta@gmail.com`*
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# *Submission*
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## Constellation Energy
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### What are their main businesses and subsidiaries?
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Constellation Energy is a major energy producer in the United States, with 32,400 MW of generation capacity. Constellation Energy proudly claims that they are the #1 producer of carbon-free energy in the United States, producing 10% of the nation's carbon-free capacity. Constellation Energy is an extremely large producer of nuclear power, producing more nuclear capacity than 'all other competitive generators combined', according to their 2024 investor presentation (22.1 GWs!).
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Constellation's main business (pre-Calpine merger), has been located in the PJM (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland) Interconnection (69%), with most other generation occuring in the ERCOT and NYISO regions (9#% total). Following their acquisition of Calpine, Constellation Energy has a more rounded service area, producing 49% of its total capacity in PJM, 23% in ERCOT, 10% in CAISO, 8% in NYISO, with a final 10% distributed in other locations.
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### What is the total installed generation in MWE owned or operated?
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Constellation has a total of 32,400 megawatts of capacity.
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### What are the types and MWE of power plants they own or operate?
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According to Constellations Investor website, the breakdown of their fleet is
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as follows:
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| Plant Type | Capacity (%) | Capacity (MW) |
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| ------------------- | ------------ | ------------- |
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| Nuclear | 60 | 19,440 |
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| Natural Gas | 20 | 6,480 |
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| Natural Gas and Oil | 6 | 1,944 |
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| Hydroelectric | 5 | 1,620 |
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| Oil | 4 | 1,296 |
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| Wind | 1 | ~324 |
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| Solar | 1 | ~324 |
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### Which of their plants are owned and operated as merchant plants and which are regulated?
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### What does their strategic plan say?
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Constellation's strageic plan is to continue to build towards a carbon-free future--at least that is what it says on their website. Their actions, however, show a possibly different way forward following the acquisition of Calpine, the United States's largest power generator from natural gas
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### What are the major risks or challenges they face in the next 10 years?
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