Reports and Studies Utilized

Accelerating the Commercialization of Fuel Cells in Texas, State Energy Conservation Office Report on Fuel Cells. The 2001 Texas legislature directed the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) to develop a statewide plan for accelerating the commercialization of fuel cells in Texas and to submit a report on this plan to the House of Representative Energy Resources and Senate Business and Commerce Committees no later than September 15, 2002. This is that plan. 

Staff White Paper on Stationary Fuel Cells for Power Generation. On May 

the Public Utility Commission of Texas published this paper, which presented a discussion on the attractiveness of fuel cell systems for the state, described the obstacles to state development of a fuel cell program, presented a roadmap for the establishment of a vibrant fuel cell industry in Texas, and offered an outline of legislation that would provide incentives for fuel ceU development. This report envisions an installed fuel ceU capacity of 1,000 megawatts in Texas by the year 2010. 

Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2002. This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, presents the installation costs associated with various power generation technologies. 

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