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Anna Chittum

Anna Chittum researches and helps develop federal, state and local industrial energy policies, particularly those pertaining to combined heat and power (CHP) systems and industrial energy-efficiency programs. Recent areas of research include local policy and regulatory support for district energy systems, the potential for CHP to replace lost coal capacity in the U.S., challenges in industrial energy-efficiency program evaluation and best practices in large customer “self-directed” energy-efficiency programs. She tracks U.S. and Canadian trends in utility-administered industrial energy-efficiency programs and CHP policies. She joined ACEEE in 2008.

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Are Utilities Missing Out on the Benefits of Combined Heat and Power?

by Anna Chittum August 5, 2013

When a power plant generates power, it also generates massive amounts of heat. Though that heat is a valuable resource, it is typically rejected as waste and du... Read more.