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Cogeneration: A Successful Response To The Energy Crisis?, Charles M. Pratt
Cogeneration: A Successful Response To The Energy Crisis?, Charles M. Pratt
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article examines the concept of cogeneration, a term for the simultaneous production of both electricity and other useful energy in a single facility by a cascading use of heat energy. It analyzes the rise of cogeneration through the lens of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ("PURPA"), enacted by Congress to improve the distribution of electric energy and encourage the conservation of resources, as well as the efforts of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") to encourage cogeneration. This article discusses a number of the issues raised and left unresolved by this federal policy of encouraging the …
Cogeneration: A Successful Response To The Energy Crisis?, Charles M. Pratt
Cogeneration: A Successful Response To The Energy Crisis?, Charles M. Pratt
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article examines the concept of cogeneration, a term for the simultaneous production of both electricity and other useful energy in a single facility by a cascading use of heat energy. It analyzes the rise of cogeneration through the lens of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ("PURPA"), enacted by Congress to improve the distribution of electric energy and encourage the conservation of resources, as well as the efforts of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") to encourage cogeneration. This article discusses a number of the issues raised and left unresolved by this federal policy of encouraging the …