Cogeneration and utility planning. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5785928

Pickel, F H

The report refines methods for forecasting customer cogeneration to assist electric utility planning for power supply and tariff design. The study employs a physically-based, or engineering-economic process, approach to cogeneration forecasting that accounts for both cogeneration investment and operating choices by the utility's customers. This approach reflects the long-term uncertainties in the fuel and electric prices affecting those customer choices and the short-run uncertainties influencing cogeneration plant performance. The analysis devotes special attention to the effect of utility tariffs on the customer's decision to build and operate a cogeneration plant and the resulting impact of these plant investment and operating choices by the customer on the utility.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Energy Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5785928
• Report Number(s): PB-83-167783
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320603* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
COGENERATION
DEUS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FORECASTING
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
STEAM GENERATION
TARIFFS