Public Utility Regulatory Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, September 10, 22, and 23, 1987 |
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... CONTRACTS WITH UTILITIES . THE KEY IS TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH THE COMMISSION CAN FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THEIR ENTRY INTO THE MARKET , WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT . THERE ARE THREE KEY POINTS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT ...
... CONTRACTS WITH UTILITIES . THE KEY IS TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH THE COMMISSION CAN FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THEIR ENTRY INTO THE MARKET , WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT . THERE ARE THREE KEY POINTS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT ...
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... CONTRACT PERFORMANCE , DISPATCHABILITY REQUIREMENTS , AND THE BIDDING SELECTION CRITERIA . NOTHING IN THE BIDDING OR INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INITIATIVES WOULD PRECLUDE THE STATES FROM ALLOWING UTILITIES TO ACTIVELY BID , OR FROM ...
... CONTRACT PERFORMANCE , DISPATCHABILITY REQUIREMENTS , AND THE BIDDING SELECTION CRITERIA . NOTHING IN THE BIDDING OR INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INITIATIVES WOULD PRECLUDE THE STATES FROM ALLOWING UTILITIES TO ACTIVELY BID , OR FROM ...
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... contracts to turn the operation of the qualifying facility or independent power producer's plant over to the utility purchaser . Under reorganization , the bankruptcy trustee will likely keep the plant running as long as variable costs ...
... contracts to turn the operation of the qualifying facility or independent power producer's plant over to the utility purchaser . Under reorganization , the bankruptcy trustee will likely keep the plant running as long as variable costs ...
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... contract terms . Regulatory authorities should exercise contract review to preserve the well - being of ratepayers by making sure that customers ' services are not at risk under the terms of these contracts . Question 11 : Can ...
... contract terms . Regulatory authorities should exercise contract review to preserve the well - being of ratepayers by making sure that customers ' services are not at risk under the terms of these contracts . Question 11 : Can ...
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... contract , or currently provided to the applicant pursuant to a rate schedule on file with the Commission . In Southeastern Power Administration v . Kentucky Utilities Company , the Commission interpreted section 211 to mean that the ...
... contract , or currently provided to the applicant pursuant to a rate schedule on file with the Commission . In Southeastern Power Administration v . Kentucky Utilities Company , the Commission interpreted section 211 to mean that the ...
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Page 466 - The failure of the nuclear power program ranks as the largest managerial disaster in business history, a disaster on a monumental scale. The utility industry has already invested $125 billion in nuclear power, with an additional $140 billion to come before the decade is out, and only the blind, or the biased can now think that most of the money has been well spent. It is a defeat for the US consumer and for the competitiveness of US industry, for the utilities that undertook the program and for the...
Page 228 - Electric utility company" means any company which owns or operates facilities used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale, other than sale to tenants or employees of the company operating such facilities for their own use and not for resale. The Commission, upon application, shall by order declare a company operating any such facilities not to be an electric utility company...
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Page 539 - Congress finds that the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, the preservation of national security, and the proper exercise of congressional authority under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce require...
Page 180 - ... if we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
Page 320 - Electric utilities should have the opportunity to earn a fair rate of return in order to be able to meet current and future capital needs; and • Federal and state regulatory processes should be responsible and timely. ACTIVITIES: • Represent industrial viewpoints in a constructive dialogue among all electricity users, suppliers, regulators...
Page 34 - For purposes of this section, the term "incremental cost of alternative electric energy" means, with respect to electric energy purchased from a qualifying cogenerator or qualifying small power producer, the cost to the electric utility of the electric energy which, but for the purchase from such cogenerator or small power producer, such utility would generate or purchase from another source.