Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts
A detailed description is given of the laws and programs of the State of Massachusetts governing the regulation of public energy utilities, the siting of energy generating and transmission facilities, the municipal franchising of public energy utilities, and the prescription of rates to be charged b...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:6657033 2023-07-30T04:05:29+02:00 Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts Feurer, D.A. Weaver, C.L. 2014-09-24 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6657033 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6657033 https://doi.org/10.2172/6657033 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6657033 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6657033 https://doi.org/10.2172/6657033 doi:10.2172/6657033 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION 29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY ENERGY FACILITIES SITE SELECTION ICES INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS LEGAL ASPECTS REGULATIONS MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC UTILITIES POWER PLANTS PERMITS RATE STRUCTURE COGENERATION COMMUNITIES COST GOVERNMENT POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION OWNERSHIP POWER GENERATION STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES DEUS ENERGY SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA NORTH ATLANTIC REGION STEAM GENERATION USA 2014 ftosti https://doi.org/10.2172/6657033 2023-07-11T10:50:32Z A detailed description is given of the laws and programs of the State of Massachusetts governing the regulation of public energy utilities, the siting of energy generating and transmission facilities, the municipal franchising of public energy utilities, and the prescription of rates to be charged by utilities including attendant problems of cost allocations, rate base and operating expense determinations, and rate of return allowances. These laws and programs are analyzed to identify impediments which they may present to the implementation of Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES). This report is one of fifty-one separate volumes which describe such regulatory programs at the Federal level and in each state as background to the report entitled Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities - Volume One: An Overview. This report also contains a summary of a strategy described in Volume One - An Overview for overcoming these impediments by working within the existing regulatory framework and by making changes in the regulatory programs to enhance the likelihood of ICES implementation. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) |
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A detailed description is given of the laws and programs of the State of Massachusetts governing the regulation of public energy utilities, the siting of energy generating and transmission facilities, the municipal franchising of public energy utilities, and the prescription of rates to be charged by utilities including attendant problems of cost allocations, rate base and operating expense determinations, and rate of return allowances. These laws and programs are analyzed to identify impediments which they may present to the implementation of Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES). This report is one of fifty-one separate volumes which describe such regulatory programs at the Federal level and in each state as background to the report entitled Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities - Volume One: An Overview. This report also contains a summary of a strategy described in Volume One - An Overview for overcoming these impediments by working within the existing regulatory framework and by making changes in the regulatory programs to enhance the likelihood of ICES implementation. |
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Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts |
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Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts |
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Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts |
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Community Energy Systems and the Law of Public Utilities. Volume Twenty-three. Massachusetts |
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