How state regulators should handle retail wheeling

Journal Article · Tue Feb 14 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Fortnightly

OSTI ID:171822

Costello, K W; Burns, R E ^[1]; Hegazy, Y ^[2]

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1. National Regulatory Research Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
2. EDS, Atlanta, GA (United States)

The electric power industry is next in line for dramatic change. Competition has edged into individual markets, particularly the bulk-power market. This move toward competition has provoked debate in several states over the merits of retail wheeling. Specifically, should retail customers have the right to purchase their power requirements from sources other than the local utility? Many states have addressed the issue in different forums, at different levels of intensity. No state has yet enacted broad legislation, either requiring or granting authority to a state public utility commission (PUC) to order retail wheeling. But that day will come.

• OSTI ID: 171822
• Journal Information: Fortnightly, Journal Name: Fortnightly Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 133; ISSN FRTNE8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
COMPETITION
DEREGULATION
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
ENERGY POLICY
LEGISLATION
PRICING REGULATIONS
STATE GOVERNMENT
US ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT