Electric Utility Restructuring: Overview of Basic Policy Questions

Description

Proposals to increase competition in the electric utility industry involve segmenting electric functions (generation, transmission, distribution) that are currently integrated (or bundled) in most cases (both in terms of corporate and rate structures). This report identifies five basic issues this effort raises for the Congress to consider as the debate on restructuring proceeds.

Physical Description

24 pages.

Creation Information

Parker, Larry January 28, 1997.

Context

This report is part of the collection entitled: Congressional Research Service Reports and was provided by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 64 times. More information about this report can be viewed below.

Who

People and organizations associated with either the creation of this report or its content.

Author

  • Parker, Larry Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division

Publisher

Provided By

UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Serving as both a federal and a state depository library, the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department maintains millions of items in a variety of formats. The department is a member of the FDLP Content Partnerships Program and an Affiliated Archive of the National Archives.

About | Browse this Partner

Contact Us

Corrections Questions

What

Descriptive information to help identify this report. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.

Description

Proposals to increase competition in the electric utility industry involve segmenting electric functions (generation, transmission, distribution) that are currently integrated (or bundled) in most cases (both in terms of corporate and rate structures). This report identifies five basic issues this effort raises for the Congress to consider as the debate on restructuring proceeds.

Physical Description

24 pages.

Language

Item Type

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this report in the Digital Library or other systems.

Collections

This report is part of the following collection of related materials.

Congressional Research Service Reports

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the public policy research arm of Congress. This legislative branch agency works exclusively for Members of Congress, their committees and their staff. This collection includes CRS reports from the mid-1960's through 2018—covering a variety of topics from agriculture to foreign policy to welfare.

About | Browse this Collection

What responsibilities do I have when using this report?

Digital Files

When

Dates and time periods associated with this report.

Creation Date

  • January 28, 1997

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • June 11, 2005, 6:41 a.m.

Description Last Updated

  • Feb. 7, 2017, 6:05 p.m.

Usage Statistics

When was this report last used?

Yesterday: 0
Past 30 days: 0
Total Uses: 64
More Statistics

Interact With This Report

Here are some suggestions for what to do next.

PDF Version Also Available for Download.

Citations, Rights, Re-Use

Links for Robots

Helpful links in machine-readable formats.

Archival Resource Key (ARK)

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)

Metadata Formats

Images

URLs

Stats

Parker, Larry. Electric Utility Restructuring: Overview of Basic Policy Questions, report, January 28, 1997; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs426/: accessed September 27, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.