Charges in standby service in California

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Cogener. Small Power Mon.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5013587

Howard, R T

Over the past several years, California's major utilities have endeavored to revise standby rate schedules for electric power in order to mitigate the impacts of cogeneration bypass by large commercial and industrial customers. Recently implemented or current proposals by Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric increase standby charges significantly. With more direct competition from natural gas-fired cogeneration, new tariffs are being designed with a more single-minded focus: to recover the fixed cost of the interconnections with the utility system. As noted in SCE's recent rate case exhibit, full-requirements customers should not be expected to carry the burden of fixed costs in excess of marginal costs for facilities dedicated to serving partial-requirements customers. This article summarize the major components of existing standby charges and discuss how standby rates are changing in California. 1 table.

• OSTI ID: 5013587
• Journal Information: Cogener. Small Power Mon.; (United States), Journal Name: Cogener. Small Power Mon.; (United States); ISSN CSPME
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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