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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Excess Power Generation Creates New Challenges for Utilities and Regulatory Bodies</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mspowerutilities/archive/2009/12/07/massachusetts-homeowners-being-able-to-sell-their-excess-power-back-to-utilities.aspx</link><description>Last week Steve LeBlanc AP writer authored an article about Massachusetts Homeowners being able to sell their excess power back to the utilities at a “retail” rate rather than the historical wholesale rate. For commercial/industrial customers or homeowners</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: Excess Power Generation Creates New Challenges for Utilities and Regulatory Bodies</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mspowerutilities/archive/2009/12/07/massachusetts-homeowners-being-able-to-sell-their-excess-power-back-to-utilities.aspx#9945852</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:55:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9945852</guid><dc:creator>Water Utility Consultants</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Very interesting! &amp;nbsp;It also calls to mind the challenges faced by other types of utilities - including water and sewer systems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Excess capacity generally isn't a major issue with these public serving utilities, but the conflicts that are brought to bear by competing interests (consumers vs. providers) provide challenges that never ends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;( for more on what the next big utility battlefield could be.. you can visit &amp;nbsp; &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.stepwiseadvisors.com/are-sewer-rates-the-next-battleground"&gt;http://www.stepwiseadvisors.com/are-sewer-rates-the-next-battleground&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9945852" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>