NARUC officer on hot seat

• Book ID: 103995209
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 168 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-6190
• DOI: 10.1016/1040-6190(94)90037-x

✦ Synopsis

visualization of the future of elec-trici~," said Anderson, described by some as the Martin Luther of electricity and by others as the Savonarola, "but we want them to know our vision --that consumers everywhere will benefit if we move now, without dela)~ to true market competition in electrici~."

ELCON's competition manifesto was signed by 28 national and state industrial energy users groups and 90 corporations representing industries such as aluminum, steel, petroleum, chemicals, industrial gases, glass, motor vehicles, electronics, textiles, paper products, and food. Titled "A Call for Retail Competition in the Electric Utility Industr)~" the treatise says that global competition requires more-competitive, lowercost electricity. While competition is beginning, "lawmakers and regulators must act to accelerate this evolution," says the paper.