PUBLIC UTILITIES

Addresses

Challenges Facing Public Utilities Industry, Representative Levine, 9540 [21AP]

Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam, Senator Heflin, 16737 [22JN]

TVA's 50th Anniversary, Senator Randolph, 13107 [19MY]

Amendments

Bureau of Reclamation: amendment providing additional hydroelectric development at Hoover Dam (S. 268), 16445, 16544 [21JN]

Hydroelectric powerplants: authorize construction (S. 268), 23027 [4AU]

Telephone service: access charge (H.R. 4102), 31528-31620 [8NO], 32148-32152, 32179, 32180, 32183, 32186, 32187, 32193, 32194 [10NO]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: enact (S. 531), 13240 [20MY]

Analyses

S. 268, Additional Hydroelectric Development at Hoover Dam, 16446 [21JN]

S. 1677, Home Phone Act, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 20584 [25JY]

S. 2150, Federal Power Act Amendments, 34466 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Ala Power Hit With New Ruling, 33163 [18NO]

America First Committee (sundry), 26-27 [3JA]

APC Says Court's Action Could Cause It Problems, 33162 [18NO]

A-Plants—Insurable Risks?, 21782 [29JY]

Assured Continuity, 7436 [24MR]

AT&T, Units Face Review of Bonds by Rating Agencies, 34912 [18NO]

AT&T, Western Electric Ratings Placed on Credit Watch by S&P, 34911 [18NO]

Bonneville Power Is Criticized for Its Role in Planning Nuclear Plants for Northwest, 21799 [1AU]

Competition for Power Plants, 33163 [18NO]

Congratulations to the NRC, 33244 [16NO]

Garrison Diversion—Needed, or a Clear Case of ``Pork''?, 12938 [18MY]

Garrison Diversion Unit—Opposition Begins at Home (sundry), 15448-15450 [13JN]

Garrison Project Change Needed, 16774 [22JN]

Haste, Secrecy Raise Suspicion—Latest WPPSS Bailout Plan Falters, 23334 [4AU]

Hydropower—NiMo's Cheap Power Source May Dry Up if Federal Licenses Aren't Renewed, 33164 [18NO]

Indian Point's Reluctant Savior, 15057 [8JN]

Millions Face Possible Loss of Utility Service, 10977 [4MY]

Money Isn't Everything, 33163 [18NO]

Natural Gas Pipelines (excerpt), 8550 [14AP]

Northwest Congressmen Urge SEC Probe of WPSS Financing, 207 [6JA]

NRC Faults Utility—Delays Reactor Start-Up, 10364 [28AP]

Nuclear Chicken, 15057 [8JN]

Nuclear Construction—Doing It Right, 10841 [3MY]

Old Law Could End Cheap Power, 33164 [18NO]

Peter Warren Speaks, 16767 [22JN]

Phone Bill Threat Held Exaggerated, 31511 [8NO]

Prophetic Rural Development Resolution, 6850 [23MR]

Proposed Powerplant Would Burn City Garbage, 3207 [28FE]

Public Service of New Mexico—Calming the Critics as It Diversifies, 27179 [4OC]

Public Utility Licensing (excerpt), 33155 [18NO]

Regulators Must Share in the Indictment of TMI, 33254 [16NO]

Rising Prices in Pipeline Companies (excerpt), 8550 [14AP]

Salem Case—A Failure of Nuclear Logic, 10363 [28AP]

Significance of Fermi, 15064-15067 [8JN]

Uncle Sugar, Caught in the Clinch, 22387 [2AU]

Unfair Hydro Decision, 22701 [3AU]

Unfair Hydro Division, 33164 [18NO]

Use for Garrison Water, 16774 [22JN]

Who Should Veto Nuclear Power?, 15056 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions

Bonneville Power Administration: rates (see H.R. 3177)

Construction costs: limit recovery from rate increases for certain (see H.R. 555)

Cooperative electric companies: exempt from certain fees (see S. 508)

Electricity: tax credit for certain cost increases (see H.R. 362)

Energy facilities: Federal offense for property destruction (see S. 388)

Federal Power Act (see S. 1069)

Improvements: financing (see H.R. 2639)

Inventory: conduct (see H.R. 2639)

Involuntary termination of residential heating service: prohibit between certain dates (see H.R. 2004)

Low-income energy assistance (see H.R. 2333)

Master meters: prohibit use in certain buildings (see H.R. 764)

National Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 638)

Natural gas companies: encourage cogeneration activities (see H.R. 4467)

New England Regional Power Planning and Distribution Authority: establish (see H.R. 1210)

Northeast-Midwest States Federal Hydropower Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1255)

Nuclear facilities: tax credit for increases in electric bills due to shutdown (see H.R. 362)

Nuclear powerplants: terminate granting of licenses (see H.R. 581)

Private foundations: tax treatment of stock (see H.R. 3011)

Public utilities: limit recovery of certain construction costs from rate increases (see H.R. 555)

Public Utility Holding Company Act: amend (see S. 1174; H.R. 2994)

Rate increases: limit use to recover construction costs (see S. 1069)

Rates: inclusion of construction work in progress (see S. 817)

———subsistence amounts (see S. 1204)

Select Gas Use for Environmental Purposes Act: enact (see S. 1211)

Service: standards for termination (see H.R. 1594)

States: regulatory authority (see H.R. 2994)

Tax treatment (see S. 330, 1791; H.R. 369, 711)

Telephone cooperatives: exempt from certain fees (see S. 508)

Telephones: assure universal service (see S. 1660, 1831; H.R. 3809, 4102, 4116, 4130, 4295)

Treatment works: introduction of pretreated pollutants (see H.R. 2190)

Utility Lifeline Rate Act: enact (see S. 1204)

Water supply systems: loans to operators (see H.R. 3085)

Citations

Conservation service of Florida Power & Light Co., Sec. of the Interior Watt, 28215 [18OC]

Decisions

Merwin project, Washington: FERC (excerpt), 33155, 33156 [18NO]

Factsheets

Residential Utility Conservation Advisory Committee (RUCAC), California Edison Co., 6052 [17MR]

Letters

Fiftieth anniversary of TVA, Robert T. Partridge, 12942 [18MY]

Garrison (N. Dak.) Diversion Unit, Darwin Fisher, 15450 [13JN]

Investigation of Washington Public Power Supply System finances: Craig, Representative, 208 [6JA]

———Dingell, Representative, 208 [6JA]

———Hansen, Representative George, 204, 207 [6JA]

———McClure, Senator, 211 [6JA]

———Weaver, Representative, 207 [6JA]

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact (S. 1991): Ed Herschler, Governor of Wyoming, 28871 [21OC]

———Richard D. Lamm, Governor of Colorado, 28871 [21OC]

Salem, N.J., nuclear powerplant reopening: Senator Biden (sundry), 10362 [28AP]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: National Council of Senior Citizens, 32173 [10NO]

———Pat Qualls, 32144 [10NO]

———sundry, 31523 [8NO], 32174 [10NO]

Washington Public Power Supply System and Bonneville Power Administration grants: sundry organizations, 21799 [1AU]

Lists

Labor-Management Group membership, 29382 [26OC]

States that have moratorium on cutting off utility service during the winter, 10977 [4MY]

Memorandums

Authorize right of Federal eminent domain for coal pipelines: Dept. of Commerce, 14908 [8JN]

Memorials of legislature

Bonneville Power Administration budget review: Montana, 3296 [1MR]

Telephone access charges: Massachusetts, 20503 [22JY]

Petitions

Hydroelectric powerplants: Robert L. McCarty et al., 32511 [14NO]

Universal telephone service: Anderson County, Tenn., Democratic Party, 28325 [19OC]

Press releases

Coal transportation, Arkansas Power & Light (excerpt), 24313 [15SE]

———Middle South Utilities, 22371 [2AU]

Public power group attacks House bill that would rescind municipal preference: American Public Power Association, 34726 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Bonneville Power Administration: wage compensation authority (H.R. 4486), 34907 [18NO]

Bonneville Power Administration Fair Ratemaking Act: enact (H.R. 3177), 14196 [26MY]

California Edison Co.: success of residential advisory committee, 6052 [17MR]

Coal: cost of transporting, 22371 [2AU]

Coal slurry pipelines: cost effect on public utilties, 24694 [19SE]

Duke Power Co., North Carolina: program to help customers pay heating bills, 2111 [10FE]

Electric Consumers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4402), 33154, 33157 [18NO], 33253 [16NO], 34725 [18NO]

Florida Power & Light Co.: tribute, 28215 [18OC]

Holding companies: State regulation (H.R. 2994), 12246 [12MY]

Home Heating Protection and Utility Regulation Act: introduction (H.R. 1594), 3041 [24FE]

Hydroelectric facilities: relicensing, 22701 [3AU]

Lincoln, Nebr.: construction of waste-to-energy powerplant, 3207 [28FE]

Low-income home energy assistance: funding (H.R. 2306), 6840 [23MR]

———funding, 23875 [13SE]

———improve accountability (H.R. 2333), 7309 [24MR]

———increase funding (H.R. 2333), 7309 [24MR]

Natural gas: committee markup sessions, 23331 [4AU]

———efforts to reduce prices, 26497 [29SE]

Natural gas utilities: encourage cogeneration (H.R. 4467), 34862 [18NO]

Northwest States: regional power plan, 16416 [20JN]

NRC: safety decision on Indian Point nuclear powerplant, 33244 [16NO]

———Three Mile Island nuclear powerplant accident investigation, 33254 [16NO]

Nuclear accident: liability limitation, 21782 [29JY]

———remove ceiling on tort liability, 15328 [9JN]

Nuclear Incident Liability Reform Act: introduction, 89 [3JA]

Nuclear powerplants: emergency planning, 15314 [9JN]

———liability for accidents, 89 [3JA]

Public Service Co. of New Mexico: diversification, 27179 [4OC]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: amend (H.R. 2994), 12246 [12MY]

Railroads: ICC regulation of coal rates (H.R. 2584), 9600 [21AP]

Rural electric cooperatives: exempt from certain right-of-way fees (H.R. 2211), 31437-31440, 31510 [8NO]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 27611 [6OC], 29690 [27OC]

Surcharges: prohibit certain (H.R. 555), 19833 [19JY]

Telephone companies: competitive procurement (H.R. 3366), 16564 [21JN], 18430 [11JY], 18845 [13JY], 19115 [14JY]

———impact of divestiture, 18304 [30JN], 18430 [11JY], 20178, 20243 [21JY], 21906 [1AU], 22186, 22187 [2AU]

Telephone rates: impact of increase, 18304 [30JN], 18430 [11JY], 18845 [13JY], 16564 [21JN], 20178, 20243 [21JY], 21906 [1AU], 22186, 22187 [2AU], 26719 [30SE], 27058 [4OC]

Telephone service: access charge, 31092, 31128 [7NO]

———access charge (H.R. 4102), 30924 [4NO], 31093 [7NO], 31427, 31428, 31511, 31523 [8NO], 32131, 32132-32196 [10NO]

———access charge (H.R. 4102), engrossment corrections, 32196 [10NO]

———access to affordable (H.R. 3364-3366), 16564 [21JN], 18430 [11JY], 18845 [13JY], 19115 [14JY]

———review rate increase requests, 15692 [14JN], 16411 [20JN]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4102), 34911 [18NO], 34948 [14DE]

———enact (H.R 4102), engrossment corrections, 32504 [14NO]

Utility ratepayers: consequences of nonenactment of emergency preparedness plans, 14382 [2JN]

Washington Public Power Supply System: alternative financing, 23334 [4AU]

———project bankruptcy, 20855 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Albuquerque, N. Mex.: authorize flood control project (S. 812), 5345 [15MR]

Bonneville Power Administration: directives (S. 1701), 21356-21358 [28JY]

———grants, 21798, 21859-21869 [1AU], 22423-22440 [3AU]

Brigham City, Utah: conveyance of certain lands (S. 2036), 30214 [1NO]

Bureau of Reclamation: amendment providing additional hydroelectric development at Hoover Dam (S. 268), 16444 [21JN]

Chesapeake Bay: erosion control project (S. 456), 1722 [3FE]

Coal Distribution and Utilization Act: enact (S. 267), 16955 [23JN]

Coal pipelines: authorize right of Federal eminent domain, 14907 [8JN]

Coal transportation: railroad rates, 15050 [8JN]

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: introduction (S. 1069), 8727 [15AP]

Dam safety: authorizing appropriations (S. 739), 4451 [9MR]

Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act: introduction (S. 1432), 14984-14986 [8JN]

Federal Power Act: amend (S. 2150), 34465 [18NO]

Home Phone Act: introduction (S. 1677), 20583 [25JY]

Montana: provide for payments regarding the Federal Columbia River power system, 10615 [2MY]

New York State Power Authority: lower cost power and energy (S. 330), 1272 [1FE]

———tax-exempt bond sales (S. 1791), 22944 [4AU]

Northeast-Midwest States Federal Hydropower Financing Authority: establish (S. 1255), 11701 [10MY]

Nuclear powerplants: emergency planning, 15055 [8JN]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal (S. 512), 2453 [17FE]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: amend (S. 1174), 10299-10305 [28AP]

Reclamation Hydroelectric Act: introduction (S. 1521), 16791 [22JN]

Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project, Abbeville, S.C.: modify authority (S. 912), 32901 [16NO]

Right-of-way fees: exemption of certain utilities (S. 508), 2440 [17FE]

Rochester, Minn.: authorize flood control project for the Zumero River (S. 741), 4453 [9MR]

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent of Congress (S. 1991), 28870-28875 [21OC]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (S. 1300), 12946 [18MY]

———introduction (S. 1300), 12619-12621 [17MY]

Salem, N.J., nuclear powerplant: reopening, 10361 [28AP]

Santa Margarita project, California: authorize (S. 805), 5151 [14MR]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: amend (S. 1981), 28777 [20OC]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: introduction (S. 1660), 20368, 20372 [21JY]

Utility Lifeline Rate Act: introduction (S. 1204), 10975 [4MY]

Washington Public Power Supply System: grants, 21798, 21859-21869 [1AU], 22423-22440 [3AU]

Reports

Radiological Emergency Plan, Columbia County, Pa., Advisory Committee on Radiological Emergency, 18569 [11JY]

Rebuilding America's Vital Public Facilities, Labor-Management Group, 29382-29385 [26OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Board (sundry), 28872 [21OC]

Statements

Acid Rain: John D. Feehan, 30916 [3NO]

Bonneville Power Administration Grants, Senator Weaver, 21798 [1AU]

Environmental Policy, Sec. of the Interior Watt, 25 [3JA]

Future Energy Needs, Virginia Electric & Power Co., 1980 [8FE]

Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act Implementation, Representative Bonker, 16416 [20JN]

Railroad Coal Rate, Edison Electric Institute (excerpt), 9600 [21AP]

Washington Public Power Supply System Financing: Jim Boldt for Washington Public Utility Districts' Association, 23340 [4AU]

Studies

Energy Debts—The Coming Crisis for the Poor, National Consumer Law Center, 10977-10981 [4MY]

Summaries

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House)—Reported Natural Gas Legislation, 23323, 23331 [4AU]

S. 1174, Public Utility Holding Company Act Amendments, 10299 [28AP]

S. 1300, Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act, 12620 [17MY]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20370 [21JY]

S. 1991, Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, 28871 [21OC]

Tables

Investor-owned utility hydroelectric projects, 33157 [18NO]

Low-income energy assistance program, 23877 [13SE]

Number of customers of investor-owned utilities having projects currently being sought by municipalities, 33161 [18NO]

Rail cost estimates under 15-percent rate rule (selected data), 9601 [21AP]

State telephone rate requests and awards, 20370 [21JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2211, exempt rural electric cooperatives from certain right-of-way fees, 31437 [8NO]

H.R. 2333, increase funding and improve accountability of the low-income energy assistance program, 7309 [24MR]

H.R. 3132, energy and water development appropriations, 16750-16753 [22JN]

H.R. 3177, Bonneville Power Administration Fair Ratemaking Act, 14196 [26MY]

H.R. 3958, water resources development, 29023 [24OC]

H.R. 4402, Electric Consumers Protection Act, 33162 [18NO]

Nuclear Incident Liability Reform Act, 90 [3JA]

S. 330, lower cost power and energy for New York State Power Authority, 1273 [1FE]

S. 739, authorizing appropriations for dam safety, 4451 [9MR]

S. 805, authorize Santa Margarita project, California, 5151 [14MR]

S. 812, authorize flood control project in Albuquerque, N. Mex., 5346 [15MR]

S. 912, modify authority for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project, Abbeville, S.C., 32901 [16NO]

S. 1069, Construction Work in Progress Policy Act, 8728 [15AP]

S. 1174, Public Utility Holding Company Act amendments, 10301-10305 [28AP]

S. 1190, provide for payments regarding the Federal Columbia River power system, Montana, 10616 [2MY]

S. 1204, Utility Lifeline Rate Act, 10976 [4MY]

S. 1255, establish Northeast-Midwest States Federal Hydropower Financing Authority, 11701 [10MY]

S. 1300, Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act, 12619 [17MY]

S. 1432, Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act, 14985 [8JN]

S. 1521, Reclamation Hydroelectric Act, 16791 [22JN]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20369 [21JY]

S. 1677, Home Phone Act, 20584 [25JY]

S. 1701, Bonneville Power Administration directives, 21356 [28JY]

S. 1791, New York Power Authority bond sales, 22944 [4AU]

S. 1981, Small Reclamation Projects Act amendment, 28777 [20OC]

S. 1991, Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact, 28872-28875 [21OC]

S. 2150, Federal Power Act amendments, 34466 [18NO]