Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Amendments: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Regulation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 1885 ... S. 1966 ....

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Page 47 - ... [(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 44 - 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 133 - ... 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 144 - ... is not likely to result in a reasonably ascertainable uncompensated economic loss...
Page 43 - 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 145 - 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 239 - The American Paper Institute is the national trade association of the pulp, paper and paperboard industry. A non-profit organization with approximately 250 member companies, It is the recognized representative of the pulp, paper and paperboard industry in the United States. The paper and allied products industry operates more than...
Page 269 - Commission may, by rule, prescribe; and (ii) which is owned by a person not primarily engaged in the generation or sale of electric power (other than electric power solely from cogeneration facilities or small power production facilities...
Page 43 - 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. The steps the US must take now are small compared to the drastic measures that will be needed if the US does nothing until it is too late.
Page 150 - 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,

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