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Links for Policymakers

Organizations

The Northeast CHP Initiative (NECHPI)

U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association (USCHPA)

USCHPA "National CHP RoadMap"

USCHPA Federal Policy Page

The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC)

NARUC

New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC)

RAP (The Regulatory Assistance Project)

MA Technology Collaborative

MA DG Collaborative (of MTC)

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Interconnection

NY SIR

NARUC Model Interconnection

FERC interconnection

IEEE 1547 Standards

National Rural Electric Cooperative Interconnection Toolkit

IREC interconnection guide

DOE Distribution & Interconnection R&D (DOE and FERC information and links)

NARUC DG Activities

NARUC DG Links

California Energy Commission interconnection page

Model Interconnection Standards

NARUC

IREC

Wisconsin Interconnection Guidelines

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Environment and Emissions

RAP Model Emissions Rule

IREC Model Interconnection

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)

DOE emission reduction estimator

Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center Report

Resources and Other

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)

DOE EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) Distributed Energy Program

ACEE report on state level incentives for CHP

Wholesale Markets

NYISO

ISO-NE

PJM

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State PUCs

NY

MA

VT (Vermont Public Service Board)

ME (Maine Public Utilities Commission)

RI (Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission)

CT (State OF Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control)

NH (New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission)

Other State Agencies

NYSERDA

MA DOER

Other States and Regions

California Alliance for Distributed Energy Resources (CADER)

Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resource Initiative (MADRI)

New Jersey Office of Clean Energy http://www.njcep.com/

California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)

MN Minnesota's net metering law includes CHP up to 40 kW, at the average retail rate

Arizona allows net metering of CHP up to 100 kW, but pays at the utility's avoided cost, not the retail rate.

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