The Conversion of the Brayton Point Station to a Closed Cycle Water Cooling System

Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
Project completed in October 2002.

Synapse quantified the net revenues that PG&E, the owner of the Brayton Point Station, likely earned during the years 1999 to 2002 and would likely earn during the years 2003 to 2013.  Synapse also conducted an independent assessment of whether the conversion of the Brayton Point Station to a closed cycle water cooling system would adversely affect electric system reliability.  The results of Synapse’s analyses were presented in a series of memoranda that the Attorney General submitted to the U.S. EPA.  Project completed in October 2002.