CPUC offers restructuring proposals for comment
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) president Daniel Wm. Fessler and commissioners P. Gregory Conlon and Henry M. Duque proposed to restructure California`s electric industry by virtual direct access through a voluntary wholesale pool with retail competition through physical, bilateral contracts not sooner than 2 years after the pool begins. Commissioner Jessie J. Knight, Jr. offered an alternative proposing consumer choice through direct access whereby consumers can enter directly into individual agreements with power producers. Fessler and Knight are coassigned commissioners for this proceeding. The CPUC will work with the legislature, governor, other western jurisdictions, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to facilitate restructuring. This article examines these two views on how to restructure the electric power industry in California to foster competition and performance-based regulation.
- OSTI ID:
- 137111
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Power Engineering Review, Journal Name: IEEE Power Engineering Review Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 15; ISSN 0272-1724; ISSN IPERDV
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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