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An Open Access Distribution Tariff: Removing Barriers To Innovation On The Smart Grid, Joel B. Eisen
An Open Access Distribution Tariff: Removing Barriers To Innovation On The Smart Grid, Joel B. Eisen
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This Article proposes that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) consider promulgating an Open Access Distribution Tariff (OADT) to open the nation's electric grid to new products and services at the consumer (distribution) level. Design of the OADT would be comparable to the Open Access Transmission Tariff that the FERC has used previously to open the nation's transmission wires. This Article argues that an OADT is necessary to create a smart electricity network that would be national, multimodal, and interactive. There is no smart electricity network at present, and there are numerous barriers to the development of open networking, such …