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Promoting small power production: implementing Section 210 of PURPA. [Booklet]

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OSTI ID:6022578
Potential investors in decentralized power production will find this booklet helpful in understanding how to use the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). It reviews PURPA's legal and historical background and the key issues it addresses, including the three basic obstacles to cogeneration and small power systems. The discussion of PURPA regulations focuses on qualifications, interconnections, the rates utilities pay for decentralized power, and the back-up power utilities must provide. A third section describes state involvement and how to obtain copies of the law and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations. Three appendices explain cogeneration, sections 201 and 210 of PURPA, and list 15 issues. 10 references. (DCK)
OSTI ID:
6022578
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English