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Moon Lake Electric advisor asks Rangely council about feasibility of linking small nuclear generation to local grid
Summary
Dean Suers, a legal/administrative adviser for Moon Lake Electric Association, told the Rangely council he would check on feasibility of integrating small nuclear generation to Moon Lake's distribution and described ongoing work at Deseret Generation & Transmission that could extend a coal plant's life.
Dean Suers, who identified himself as legal and administrative advisor for Moon Lake Electric Association, addressed the council as a community representative and offered to take local feedback back to the cooperative. Suers asked whether a hypothetical small nuclear reactor could be tied into Moon Lake's distribution and whether that generation could be used locally.
Suers said Moon Lake is a distribution cooperative whose wholesale power provider is Deseret Generation & Transmission, and that feasibility questions about new generation belong to the G&T. "With Moon Lake we're the distribution; our wholesale power provider is Deseret Generation & Transmission," Suers said when asked whether a reactor could be integrated. He offered to reach out to Deseret to determine feasibility.
Suers also reported that Deseret is installing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions controls at a coal-fired plant and that those controls could extend the plant's operating life to at least 2035, though he said details such as permit status and coal-supply timing were unclear. He named David Crabtree as Deseret's general manager.
The council did not take action on energy policy at the meeting; Suers offered to follow up with Deseret and to report back to the council if the cooperative had more concrete information on feasibility or transmission arrangements.
