Utility plans to develop cogeneration projects
Several US electric utilities say they are following with interest a new proposal by Virginia Power to develop and own cogeneration plants whose entire power and steam output would go directly to that plant's industrial host. Traditionally, cogeneration plants in the US have been developed by non-utility firms or the industrial hosts themselves, but continuing deregulation of the power industry is opening the business to utilities. Richmond-based Virginia Power has asked state regulators to approve a plan to own 10 so-called [open quotes]dispersed energy facilities[close quotes] (DEFs) in its service territory to help industrial firms lower their costs and thereby increase competitiveness.
- OSTI ID:
- 7076250
- Journal Information:
- Engineering News-Record; (United States), Journal Name: Engineering News-Record; (United States) Vol. 230:25; ISSN 0013-807X; ISSN ENREAU
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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