Public power costs less

Journal Article · · Public Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:6655705

Moody, D

The reasons why residential customers of public power utilities paid less for power than private sector customers is discussed. Residential customers of investor-owned utilities (IOU's) paid average rates that were 28% above those paid by customers by possibly owned systems during 1990. The reasons for this disparity are that management costs faced by public power systems are below those of private power companies, indicating a greater efficiency of management among public power systems, and customer accounts expenses averaged $33.00 per customer for publicly owned electric utilities compared to $39.00 per customer for private utilities.

• OSTI ID: 6655705
• Journal Information: Public Power; (United States), Journal Name: Public Power; (United States) Vol. 51:1; ISSN 0033-3654; ISSN PUPOAG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200600 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects-- (1990-)
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
CHARGES
COMPETITION
COST
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT
OPERATING COST
POWER
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RATE STRUCTURE
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR