Energy, Featured, Home, U.S. Business Law, Volume 4

The Regulatory Challenge Of Distributed Generation

David B. Raskin: Recent published reports point toward a growing conviction that the demand for utility service from the U.S. electric grid may soon decline, perhaps substantially, due to the expanding use of distributed generation. If distributed generation comes to play a significant role, the loss of demand for service from the grid may eventually make it difficult for the owners of grid assets to recover their costs, creating what the utility industry calls “stranded costs.”