How a major purchaser negotiated interrelated power contracts
- Northern Border Pipeline, Omaha, NE (United States)
This article illustrates how electric power purchase terms, appropriate for the evolving electric environment, were negotiated with different utilities to serve an industrial load at multiple sites. Retail competition between alternate power suppliers is either nonexistent or strictly constrained today in the states where these facilities are located. However, as these states eventually follow the lead of others, this will change in the next several years. The article is written for those with the task of acquiring power in the emerging environment, particularly those with little or no experience in acquiring power in an environment allowing competitive access to multiple energy suppliers. It includes what each of the sides in the negotiations held as important; a summary of the key contract features; and a recap of how these features balance the conflicting desires of the parties allowing each side to achieve those goals they value most highly. Appended to the article is a reference list of questions an industrial purchaser may find helpful in negotiating electric service in the evolving electrical environment.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 653148
- Journal Information:
- Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, Journal Name: Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 18; ISSN 1048-5236; ISSN SEENEJ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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