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MPSC releases guidance on implementation of PURPA after Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Order 872
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The Michigan Public Service Commission today provided guidance on how it plans to adjust its implementation of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) in the wake of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s issuance of Order 872 in 2020 (Case No. U-20905).
The Commission in October requested comments from interested parties on how Order 872 impacts the MPSC’s implementation of PURPA, a federal law created amid the 1970s national energy crisis to encourage competition, conservation, reliability and efficiency in generating and delivering electricity. PURPA, which is largely carried out by states, encourages the integration of electricity generation from smaller renewable energy and cogeneration qualifying facilities, or QFs, to achieve diversity, reliabili
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Jan. 19, 2021
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