How well are PURPA's cogeneration incentives functioning

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Energy Econ., Policy Manage.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6076550

Wooster, C; Thompson, E

Numerous articles have been written on the regulatory and financial incentives offered private cogenerators in the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act. Few, however, have attempted to chronicle in any detail how states have implemented the major provisions of PURPA or how industry has responded to these legislative incentives. Furthermore, since a feature report on cogeneration appeared in this periodical (Summer 1982), both of the major court cases that then cast a shadow over the future of cogeneration enterprises have been resolved. Thus, it seems appropriate to take a new look at the situation of cogeneration today. Perhaps the most positive developments for would-be cogenerators have been the two rulings by the Supreme Court upholding the federal legislative initiative. In June, 1982, the high court upheld the constitutionality of PURPA against the challenge of the state of Mississippi. Then in May, 1983, the same court reversed an appeal's court decision that would have vacated the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) full-avoided cost rule and its blanket interconnection order. As the result of these two decisions, it is now difficult to see how a further challenge to the implementation of the federal cogeneration incentives could be sustained.

• Research Organization: Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO
• OSTI ID: 6076550
• Journal Information: Energy Econ., Policy Manage.; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Econ., Policy Manage.; (United States) Vol. 3:3; ISSN EEPMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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