Section 2840.4 Of Chapter 8. Energy Efficiency Systems From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 8.
2840.4
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Combined heat and power systems produce both electricity and
thermal energy from a single fuel input, thus achieving much greater
efficiency than the usual separate systems for producing these forms
of energy, and reducing consumption of fuel.
(b) Combined heat and power systems recover heat that would
otherwise be wasted in separate energy applications, and use this
heat to avoid consumption of fuel that would otherwise be required to
produce heat.
(c) Gigawatthours of potential useful electricity and millions of
British thermal units of thermal energy could be derived from unused
waste heat that is currently being vented into the atmosphere.