FERC PLAN MAY THREATEN PACT ON PURCHASE MANDATES FOR COGENERATORS

An industry dispute over a proposed rule at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is threatening to unravel a compromise between power companies and manufacturers on language in the energy law that adjusts requirements for purchasing power from energy-efficient cogeneration facilities. The proposal would implement statutory language to relax a previous mandate for utilities to buy electricity from cogenerators set up at manufacturing plants, sometimes known as combined heat and power (CHP). The law removes this mandate if a facility...