Public systems provide consumers lower cost power

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Public Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:5430821

Publicly owned electric utilities are shown by 30 years of Federal Power Commission (FPC) statistics to be providing lower rates than the privately owned utilities. The statistics include all private companies and most public, excluding rural cooperatives and Federal power operations. Tabulations of sales to residential and to commercial and industrial users compare average annual kilowatt hour (kWh) consumption, average revenues per kWh, and average annual electric bills. Residential users consumed more public than private power, while private utilities served slightly more commercial and industrial users. Managerial and operating expenses are also compared. With the exception of distribution expenses, private utility operating expenses were higher. A breakdown of managerial costs show public utilities spending proportionately more on promotion and administration, but less on accounting and collections. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 5430821
• Journal Information: Public Power; (United States), Journal Name: Public Power; (United States) Vol. 35:5; ISSN PUPOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
ACCOUNTING
CHARGES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPETITION
DATA
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
FINANCIAL DATA
INCOME
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
POWER
POWER DEMAND
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER GENERATION
POWER SYSTEMS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
STATISTICS
TABLES