A Conversation About Standby Rates

Self-generation is increasingly attractive to commercial and industrial electricity customers

Low natural gas prices, increased manufacturing activity, and concerns about energy self-sufficiency have rekindled interest in combined heat and power (CHP)

• A 2012 Executive Order called for an additional for an additional 40 GW of (CHP) by 2020
• This would be a 50% increase from 2012 levels
• There were 82 GW of CHP in the U.S. as of 2014, about 8% of U.S. generating capacity

Additionally, extensive incentives for solar PV, the decreasing cost of solar panels, and increasing consumer demand for green labeling are increasing the uptake of solar PV

• Development of cost-effective battery technologies would further enhance the desirability of solar self-generation