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Article: Distributed generation: a step forward in United States energy policy.
- Article from:
- Albany Law Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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I. INTRODUCTION
On August 14, 2003, the East Coast of the United States and parts of Canada experienced one of the largest blackouts in history. (1) The blackout originated in a small area in Ohio, yet ultimately affected over fifty million people in eight states and one Canadian province. (2) In the end, the total cost estimates were between four billion and ten billion dollars. (3) This recent example illustrates the level of national dependency and instability that our electricity system allows. This current state of our electricity grid has resulted from a combination of government regulatory actions and natural market forces. (4) Naturally, then, the ...