Implications of Deregulation for Biomass and Renewable Energy in California. Morris, G. Technical Report 1998. Issue: July
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The immediate future of biomass power production in California is secure. The renewables transition funds that are being managed by the CEC provide support for the industry throughout the course of the transition period to full deregulation, which ends on December 31, 2001. However, after the close of the transition period, the future of biomass power generation will be very uncertain. The report from Cal/EP A to the California legislature did not provide the information needed to proceed with the development of post-transition cost-shifting policies, so no further action has been taken. The legislature is on record as favoring the development of such policies, in which a clear public benefit can be demonstrated. The task at hand is to develop such a framework, and to formulate policies and measures that will allow biomass power production to be a competitive enterprise, without shifting undue costs to the beneficiaries of the environmental services provided by biomass energy generation. Failure to enact cost-shifting measures probably will lead to a major decline in the production of biomass energy, with attendant degradation of air quality and forestry health, and increasing difficulty in meeting state landfill diversion requirements. A great deal is at stake.
@techreport{Morris1998,
	title = {Implications of {Deregulation} for {Biomass} and {Renewable} {Energy} in {California}},
	abstract = {The immediate future of biomass power production in California is secure. The renewables transition funds that are being managed by the CEC provide support for the industry throughout the course of the transition period to full deregulation, which ends on December 31, 2001. However, after the close of the transition period, the future of biomass power generation will be very uncertain. The report from Cal/EP A to the California legislature did not provide the information needed to proceed with the development of post-transition cost-shifting policies, so no further action has been taken. The legislature is on record as favoring the development of such policies, in which a clear public benefit can be demonstrated. The task at hand is to develop such a framework, and to formulate policies and measures that will allow biomass power production to be a competitive enterprise, without shifting undue costs to the beneficiaries of the environmental services provided by biomass energy generation. Failure to enact cost-shifting measures probably will lead to a major decline in the production of biomass energy, with attendant degradation of air quality and forestry health, and increasing difficulty in meeting state landfill diversion requirements. A great deal is at stake.},
	author = {Morris, Gregory},
	year = {1998},
	note = {Issue: July},
	keywords = {Biomass, California, Deregulation, Electricity, July 1998, NREL/SR-570-24851, Renewable energy},
}

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