Public Utility Holding Company Act amendments
Four bills considered during hearings to review the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 challenged the statute's intrusive presence on the part of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and its relationship to the financial distress experienced by the utility industry. Three of the bills (S. 1869, S. 1870, and S. 1871) amend administrative procedures and simplify or remove restrictions. S. 1977 repeals the Act altogether. At issue were questions of utility diversification and the flight of investors due to a deteriorating financial performance. The hearing record contains the text of each bill, the testimony of 23 witnesses and four panels speaking for the utilities, the SEC, investors, small businesses, and consumers. Additional material submitted for the record follows their testimony.
- OSTI ID:
- 7060741
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Public utility holding Company Act amendments. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance, of the Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 2994 October 31, 1983
Movement for repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AMENDMENTS
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