Section 2841.5 Of Chapter 8. Energy Efficiency Systems From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 8.
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. A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail
end-use customers shall establish a program that does both of the
following:
(a) Allows retail end-use customers to utilize combined heat and
power systems that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by achieving
improved efficiencies utilizing heat that would otherwise be wasted
in separate energy applications.
(b) Provides a market for the purchase of excess electricity
generated by a combined heat and power system, at a just and
reasonable rate, to be determined by the governing body of the
utility.