Competition between small business and rural electic and telephone cooperatives in nonutility business. Final report

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5429556

The study concludes that while the diversification into nonutility activities by the Rural Electric Cooperatives and the Rural Telephone Cooperatives has been expanding, the regulatory activities by the Rural Electrification Administration and the state public utility commissions have been inadequate to guard against cross-subsidization. In fact, there generally exist no data to identify and investigate illegal cross-subsidization activities of cooperatives. Increasing the regulatory functions of state public utility commissions and the REA was recommended.

• Research Organization: SVL Associates, Laguna Hills, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5429556
• Report Number(s): PB-89-214936/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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