Standby Rates for Combined Heat and Power Systems

Sedano, Richard¹  Selecky, James²  Iverson, Kathryn²  Al-Jabir, Ali² 

[1]Regulatory Assistance Partnership

[2]Brubaker & Associates, Inc.

关键词: standby rates;    combined heat and power;    CHP;    distributed generation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1120460
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2013/583
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1120460
Others  :  Other: BM0101020
Others  :  EB5701000
Others  :  EB5704000
Others  :  CEED210

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Improvements in technology, low natural gas prices, and more flexible and positive attitudes in government and utilities are making distributed generation more viable. With more distributed generation, notably combined heat and power, comes an increase in the importance of standby rates, the cost of services utilities provide when customer generation is not operating or is insufficient to meet full load. This work looks at existing utility standby tariffs in five states. It uses these existing rates and terms to showcase practices that demonstrate a sound application of regulatory principles and ones that do not. The paper also addresses areas for improvement in standby rates.