Produce both electricity and heat, used in
- geothermal
- fossil fuel
- nuclear
- biomass
Plant has equipment:
- unique to electricity
- unique to heating
- common for both
Consumers get costs:
- unique to electricity
- unique to heat
- common for both
## Gov't Interventions
- Cross subsidies
- heating less competitive, firm can raise heating costs
- can then lower costs in the more competitive electricity market to attract more customers
- discourages competition, reduces social surplus
How to split common cost to prevent cross subsidy?
- Can include all benefit of CHP in heat or electricity, but no more