PURPA: The Intersection of Competition and Regulatory Policy

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Hon. Richard D. Cudahy

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Date Written: 1995

Abstract

As Congress was gearing up for a possible repeal of section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, critics of PURPA agreed that the statute was incongruent with the push for a more competitive marketplace in electric power generation. Despite critics’ desire for radical change, PURPA and its underlying values, remain valid and continue to deserve support. Principally among these values is a concern for the ethics of energy generation: energy conservation and fuel diversity. Left to a deregulated, competitive market, these timely and important values would be lost to the ever important value of the dollar.

Suggested Citation

Cudahy, Richard D., PURPA: The Intersection of Competition and Regulatory Policy (1995). Energy Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1995, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2017181

Richard D. Cudahy (Contact Author)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ( email )

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Chicago, IL 60604
United States

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