Competition in the Electric Industry Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Risks for Facility Operators (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Acquisition of Utilities Services: Some Legal Considerations
Acquisition of Utilities Services: Some Legal Considerations
Pages 72-75
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A change in the law authorizing federal agencies to procure power competitively would simply create a legal basis for potential offerors to sue the agencies if they failed to do so. Thus, it is not as simple as merely changing the law.
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Will it be too difficult for federal agencies to make competitive power purchases with 50 different state public utility commissions setting the rules? Would it be better to receive wholesale eligible status under the 73
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At the political level, they have an interest in working with federal agencies (as in the ongoing meetings between DoD and the Edison Electric Institute) , to help maintain Congressional support for keeping section 8093 in place.
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But they should not attempt to push the envelope of competition now. The recent FERC decision attempts to clarify a number of important issues which may have cost implications for federal agencies.
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