Cogeneration: Effects of environmental laws and regulations

The new list of environmental regulations caused by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and the expected effects of other environmental and related regulation on American industry is truly staggering. The author's brief overview is limited to the effects on utility customer power generation. In his opinion, the regulations favor the use of clean burning waste materials to generate steam and electricity. The environmental requirements for all industry are expected to tighten significantly. Some of the issues of interest are: timing; clean burning power generation; future projected issues (5 years or more); waste power cogeneration; and Internal Revenue guidelines