Cogeneration and Small Power Production: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6500 ... June 15, 1982

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Page 95 - ... [(2) will not place an undue burden on an electric utility, qualifying cogenerator, or qualifying small power producer, as the case may be, affected by the order; [(3) will not unreasonably impair the reliability of any electric utility affected by the order; and [(4) will not impair the ability of any electric utility affected by the order to render adequate service to its customers.
Page 36 - Islands engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers. Our chief objective is to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the quality and effectiveness of public regulation in America.
Page 92 - To the extent that electricity is substituted for oil and gas, the total amounts of energy used in the country will be somewhat larger due to the inherent inefficiency of electricity generation and distribution. But conserving scarce oil and natural gas is far more important than saving coal.
Page 186 - ... just and reasonable to the electric consumers of the electric utility and in the public interest, and (2) shall not discriminate against qualifying cogenerators or qualifying small power producers. No such...
Page 92 - The diagnosis of the US energy crisis is quite simple: demand for energy is increasing, while supplies of oil and natural gas are diminishing. Unless the US makes a timely adjustment before world oil becomes very scarce and very expensive in the 1980's, the nation's economic security and the American way of life will be gravely endangered.
Page 339 - For purposes of this section, the term "incremental cost of alternative electric energy" means, with respect to electric energy purchased from a qualifying cogenerator or qualifying small power producer, the cost to the electric utility of the electric energy which, but for the purchase from such cogenerator or small power producer, such utility would generate or purchase from another source.
Page 197 - Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, any electric utility shall make such interconnections with any qualifying facility as may be necessary to accomplish purchases or sales under this subpart. The obligation to pay for any interconnection costs shall be determined in accordance with § 292.306. (2) No electric utility is required to interconnect with any qualifying facility if, solely by reason of purchases or sales over the...
Page 334 - Cogeneration is not new, but it has recently become a fashionable way to describe an old process. Cogeneration is the sequential production of electrical or mechanical power and useful heat from the same primary energy source or fuel. Industrial firms (including many ELCON member companies) presently cogenerate and have done so for many years. When used appropriately, cogeneration recovers nearly twice the amount of useful work out of the the fuel used when compared to conventional generation of...
Page 201 - As a result of some significant successes in a number of research and development areas, the company now believes that some forms of power generation which a few years ago were speculative or unproven have progressed to the point that they can be aggressively developed and relied upon to provide a significant part of the electricity to supply the additional needs of our customers later this decade,
Page 187 - ... than the avoided costs for purchases. (b) Relationship to avoided costs. (1) For purposes of this paragraph, "new capacity" means any purchase from capacity of a qualifying facility, construction of which was commenced on or after November 9, 1978. (2) Subject to paragraph (b)(3) of this section, a rate for purchases satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section if the rate equals the avoided costs determined after consideration of the factors set forth in paragraph (e) of this...

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