- Distributed Generation (DG) is the medium and small scale production of electricity and thermal energy
(heat; steam) near the place of consumption (customers’ businesses or residential centers)
- Rapid recent technological developments have greatly improved the efficiency of medium and small power
plants to the point where they can be as, and often more, efficient than traditional large plants
- A 2003 report to the US congress estimates that the cost per kilowatt hour of a small gas-powered plant
would be 40% lower than the average cost today in the Northeastern US
- Gas and alternative energy DG can not only reduce power cost and increase reliability, but lower
environmental emissions & pollutants
- Faster-to-market approach
- It takes less time to develop and build small power plants and the delivery of their generated energy is less
dependent on the grid footprint and reliability
