Qualifying facilities and their effect on generation planning

Author

Keppeler, James G.

Author_Institution

Florida Power Corp., St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

1988

fDate

11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1738

Lastpage

1740

Abstract

Since the enactment of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act in 1978, US utilities have been required to purchase energy and/or capacity from cogenerators and small-power producers meeting Federal Energy Regulation Commission Qualifying Facility (QF) standards, and to operate in parallel with those facilities serving their own loads. The author presents methods used by Florida Power Corporation to project both its potential loss in sales (energy and demand) and the amount of capacity and energy which are expected to be built by QFs to help meet Florida Power Corporation´s future needs. Contract provisions for power purchases from qualifying facilities to assure availability and reliability are also detailed

Keywords

electric power generation; electricity supply industry; load management; USA; availability; capacity; demand; electric power generation; electricity supply industry; generation planning; load management; power purchases; power system interconnection; reliability; standards; utilities; Availability; Contracts; Marketing and sales; Mining industry; Nuclear power generation; Petroleum; Production systems; Pulp and paper industry; Pulp manufacturing; Wood industry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.192989

Filename

192989