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Title: The {open_quotes}obligation to serve{close_quotes} and a competitive electric industry

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/614539· OSTI ID:614539
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  1. Fisher, Sheehan and Colton (United States)

This report presents an assessment of what the ``obligation to serve`` might look like in a competitive electric industry. Broadly, this research has three objectives: to define the ``duty to serve`` of a competitive electric industry; to identify those companies to whom that duty applies; and to explain how that duty protects residual classes.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
614539
Report Number(s):
ORNL/CON-459; ON: DE98003597; BR: EC1501000
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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