Question: An electric company must decide between two options for managing the blowdown water from its cooling tower. Option 1is to continue the lease on 50

An electric company must decide between two options for managing the blowdown water from its cooling tower. Option 1is to continue the lease on 50 acres of land for another 5-year period and dispose of the water by spray irrigation. The land- owner will move the pipe around as necessary and maintain the spray nozzles and valves. The previous lease cost $125,000 per year with payments due midway through each year. Now the land- owner will require beginning of year payments of $180,000 each year. Option 2, which releases the 50 acre tract of land, involves purchasing a treatment system that will allow the recycling of most of the blowdown water. This system will have an initial cost of $1,600,000 and an AOC of $58,000 per year. How- ever, the company will save $220,000 per year because it will not have to purchase as much make-up water as with option 1. At the end of 5 years, the company will be able to sell the equipment back to the local equipment supplier for 30% of the first cost. If the electric company uses a MARR of 15% per year, should it continue to lease (defender) or purchase the treatment system (challenger)

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related General Management Questions!