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Utilities must work with, not against, cogenerators
Michael J. Zimmer
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Abstract
Electric utilities must cooperate to remove the institutional barriers to cogeneration development during this time of economic uncertainty. The delays, litigation, and confusion with which utilities responded to policies aimed at promoting cogeneration were predictable. Changes that are likely include the need for utilities to own cogeneration facilities through unregulated subsidiaries and for new and more stable financing mechanisms. Gas utilities can compete by offering the merits of self-generation. (DCK)