Electricity pricing in relation to the national interest. Testimony of Douglas C. Bauer before the Public Utility Commission of Colorado

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7296380

Bauer, D C

A national energy policy is discussed as it relates to Colorado and to the system and customers of the Public Service Company of Colorado. Proceeding from an assumed adequate aggregate revenue requirement, a structure of rates is presented that can best achieve economic efficiency and the optimum allocation of resources. No position is taken in this testimony relative to the level of rates necessary to cover the total costs of the utilities. The present situation and past decisions of the Public Service Company of Colorado relative to rate structures are reviwed. Implementation of structural rate reforms that embody peak responsibility pricing and time differentiated rates are deemed advisable by the Federal Energy Administration. The importance of these structural rate reforms--not only for Colorado, but for utilities across the Nation--is stressed. The effects of such rate structures on the economics of the electric utilities and on energy conservation are discussed. (BLM)

• Research Organization: Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA). Office of Energy Conservation and Environment; Federal Energy Administration, Office of Energy Conservation and Environment, Utilities Programs, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 7296380
• Report Number(s): NP-20636
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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