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PURPA was largely a response to what major event of the 1970s?
Oil Embargo of 1973
Which federal agency is responsible for implementing PURPA regulations?
FERC
What pricing concept is commonly used to determine PURPA purchase rates, otherwise known as the cost a utility would otherwise incur to generate or purchase power if it did not buy from a QF?
Avoided Cost
What does PURPA stand for?
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
What special category of generators did PURPA create?
Qualifying Facilities
According to the "purchase obligations" in Order No. 69, utiltiies must purchase and sell energy to QFs at what kinds of rates?
Non-discriminatory
What U.S. President signed PURPA into law?
Jimmy Carter
Although I am not a small renewable power production facility, I can still qualify under PURPA, so long as I reuse my waste energy. What am I?
Cogeneration facility
These bad actors were disguising themselves as cogeneration facilities but were actually selling excess energy back into the market.
PURPA Machines