Prospects for industrial cogeneration in Florida: the effect of regulatory policies

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5959755

Nall, D W

This dissertation uses a simulation of profit maximizing behavior by firms with industrial boilers in Florida to examine the effectiveness of PURPA and of various state policy alternatives consistent with PURPA. The results of the simulations indicate that PURPA should be highly effective in stimulating the adoption of cogeneration technologies under all circumstances examined. Alternative scenarios examined analyzed the effect of varying the length of firms' planning horizons, the effect of capacity payments under different circumstances, and the effects of cost-saving technological change. Both the amount of cogeneration and the technology used to cogenerate vary with different assumptions. Longer planning horizons encourage higher capital cost technologies such as coal fired steam turbines, whereas capacity payments encourage technologies with relatively high electricity output such as gas turbines or diesel generators. The effect of cost-saving technological change varies depending on whether the savings are for all types of cogeneration or whether the cost of a particular technology is reduced.

• Research Organization: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5959755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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