Antony Scott
23:38 - 24:03
"both parties have pretty similar fuel costs, and the heat rate differences between the engines that each party has are relatively modest. And so if there aren't big differences in terms of the cost of generation between one party and the next, the benefits from economic dispatch are always going to be lower."
“both parties have pretty similar fuel costs, and the heat rate differences between the engines that each party has are relatively modest. And so if there aren't big differences in terms of the cost of generation between one party and the next, the benefits from economic dispatch are always going to be lower.”
- Speaker
- Antony Scott
- Timestamp
- 23:38 – 24:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
That's in part because both parties have pretty similar fuel costs, and the heat rate differences between the engines that each party has are relatively modest. And so if there aren't big differences in terms of the cost of generation between one party and the next, the benefits from economic dispatch are always going to be lower.
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