Supplementary service tariffs and conservation rate structures
Most retail cogeneration facilities are designed to serve a customer's base-load service requirements. This leaves the customer's peak requirements to be served by the electric utility. Such service is called supplementary service, and is required to be provided to qualifying cogenerators under PURPA. However, most utilities do not have special supplementary-service tariffs, and provide this service under ordinary tariffs. The ordinary industrial or commercial tariff generally does not accurately reflect the cost of serving the cogenerating supplemental-service customer. This article via two examples, examines the reason why this is so, and why it is likely to result in increases in charges for supplementary service for cogenerators in the near future.
- OSTI ID:
- 5653026
- 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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CHARGES
COGENERATION
DEUS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
LAWS
NATIONAL ENERGY ACT
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT
RATE STRUCTURE
STEAM GENERATION
TARIFFS