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… innovation and consumer participation in the process. Regulatory policies are utility-centric and allow them to recoup costs ..... incentives for reducing costs and energy use, regulatory policies need to become more consumer focused. The development …
… Utility Holding Act (PUHCA), which restricts utility operations and investment, and the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which requires utilities to purchase power at prescribed rates from independent power producers …
… repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and modifies and eventually phases out the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 that governs qualifying facilities. Once the major provisions are agreed on, industry sources said …
… but all share a common feature: domestic energy markets that are being transformed by new laws and fundamental regulatory policies which are still developing. Priorities lie in the sculpting of a price structure, which would enable utilities …
… presiding over the utility's bankruptcy protection case. QFs were created under the auspices of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) and are governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The PUC, however, said it …
… mergers among utilities in order to prevent monopoly abuses and misconduct. It would also repeal the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Only contracts with qualifying facilities in existence in January 1999 would be enforced …
… passed bill to incorporate subsequent consensus agreements. • The bill prospectively repeals the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act requirement that utilities purchase power at full avoided cost. It does not affect existing power purchase …
… half the utilities' stranded costs were the result of high-priced long-term contracts California state regulators forced utilities to sign with independent suppliers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).
… California at reasonable prices," according to the draft order. QFs were created under the auspices of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) and are governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The PUC, however, said it …
… required to change their programs, and that the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) should be repealed. Everyone supports reliability, energy efficiency and consumer protection in …
