Utility retail wheeling could signal changes in DSM and colder times for energy management companies
Last winter, across the country bitter cold strained utility energy supplies. In New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, rolling blackouts signaled inability to meet the winter peak demand. Public service radio announcements urged consumers to use less power in their homes. New trends in the utility industry are producing worries that the country also entering the winter of a once stable power-generating industry. The most troublesome trend is toward deregulation that may result in a market-driven price competition and a phenomenon called retail wheeling. What's wrong with free market competition among utilities Retail wheeling could signal the winter of demand side management (DSM) programs as currently known. The paper discusses the possible impacts from retail wheeling.
- OSTI ID:
- 6498975
- Journal Information:
- Cogeneration and Competitive Power Journal; (United States), Vol. 10:1; ISSN 1066-8683
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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