User antitrust suit alleges utility cabal limits buy-back
Journal Article
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· Energy User News; (United States)
OSTI ID:6451164
An antitrust suit against 90 Georgia electric utilities, charging that their monopoly of retail electricity sales should not preclude cogenerators and small power producers from selling surplus power to utilities elsewhere on the network, could set a national precedent allowing cogenerators to shop around for the best buy-back rate. Greensboro Lumber Co. charges that the utilities' refusal to wheel cogenerated power to potential purchasers represents a restraint of trade. The lumber company contends that cogenerators should sell to the wholesale market, where utilities have no state-granted monopoly. Attorneys for the two sides are unsure of the immediate outcome, but predict that antitrust action or threatened action could give cogenerators unfair leverage.
- OSTI ID:
- 6451164
- Journal Information:
- Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 9:42; ISSN EUSND
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290800* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Heat Utilization-- (1980-)
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320603 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
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ANTITRUST REVIEW
COGENERATION
CONSTRAINTS
DEUS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION IV
GEORGIA
LAWSUITS
LEGAL ASPECTS
MARKETING
MONOPOLIES
NORTH AMERICA
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SELLBACK
STEAM GENERATION
USA
290800* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Heat Utilization-- (1980-)
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320603 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
ANTITRUST REVIEW
COGENERATION
CONSTRAINTS
DEUS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION IV
GEORGIA
LAWSUITS
LEGAL ASPECTS
MARKETING
MONOPOLIES
NORTH AMERICA
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SELLBACK
STEAM GENERATION
USA