Legal Opinion
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. United States Department of Energy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 9, 1999No. 96-5082, 96-5246PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
A cogeneration plant produces not only electric power but also steam or other thermal energy that can be used for various industrial or commercial purposes. 16 U.S.C. § 796. To encourage this source of energy, the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. § 824a-3 (“PURPA”), imposed a requirement on electric power utilities to purchase power from any qualifying facility (“QF”) — a cogeneration plant that meets PURPA’s QF standards. See 18 CFR §§ 292.101(b)(1), 292.203(b). The…
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