Some Recent Work by Convergence Research

• On the Brink: Nuclear Debt, Subsidies, and the Future of the Bonneville Power Administration, September 1996
  BPA says that they can't compete in a restructured industry environment because it's too expensive to save wild salmon. It's not true. The real reason is BPA's continuing inability to face up to reality.
  
  BPA hated this study so much that they declared all of their detailed sales data (publicly available since 1947) to be proprietary information. Convergence Research has filed an appeal of BPA's rejection of our Freedom of Information Act request for current sales data.
  
  
• Really Simple Toolkit for estimating Bonneville Power Administration probability of default, June 1995 (Excel file)
  Forget all the smoke and mirrors. Here is how you calculate BPA's probability of going broke in the next five years, stripped to its fundamental components.
  
  
• Emission reduction options for the Hermiston Generating Project, February 1994
  In 1994, US Generation Company asked Convergence Research and MicroDesign Northwest to do a reconnaissance level study of carbon dioxide emission offset options for a 470 MW generation project in Oregon. This is the analysis that went into that study.
  
  
• Electric generating resource emissions cost database, February 1994 (Excel file)
  How much does it cost to trash the environment? This model matches three dozen estimates of the environmental cost of emissions with your favorite electric generation option to give you an idea of how much money is on the table.