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Sources say the proposal also calls for continual monitoring of the plant's emissions and provides for a guaranteed backup energy source if the plant's output is substantially reduced...
...THIS FRANTIC RUMBLING, of course, may be moot. Boston Edison must build still a $10-$15 million stepdown station to accomodate MATEP's backup requirement. If it refuses to do so, Harvard is left with a multimillion dollar conversation piece. Even if Edison comes through, MATEP will have to spend about $1 million a year to buy power it may never use, which might make the power plant cost inefficient...
...most deep-seated fear is that once the diesels go in, they will keep running, no matter now much nitrogen dioxide comes out. The recommendations call for close monitoring of the plant's emissions, a state mandate to turn the diesels off if emission levels are exceeded and a backup utility contract to protect the schools and hospitals from an energy blackout in case the diesels are shut off. The state, at all costs, can not acquiesce to MATEP's pleas for leniency. If the diesels exceed levels the DEQE has determined to be safe, the diesels must be shut...
...certain strings attached. Willard R. Pope '63, counsel to the agency, said MATEP could have its diesels, if it promised not to emit more than 200 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic meter, to shut off the diesels if it exceeded the limit and--crucially--to pay for a backup utility in case the diesels had to be shut...
...further delaying his decision. Boston Edison, the company that supplies power to the medical area, is still taking in about $3 million a year. Edison, which has no desire to lose such business to MATEP, also holds the final trump. It's the only company that can provide backup for Harvard, but to do so, it must invest $10 or $15 million in an essential step-down station. Edison spokesmen smugly tell you that if MATEP wants to buy backup power for 20,000 of the plant's 30,000 kilowatts, it will cost about $1 million a year...