Report to the F.T.C. on the Use of Automatic Fuel Adjustment Clauses and the Fuel Procurement Practices of Investor-owned Electric Utilities

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Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Economics, 1977 - Electric Utilities - 147 pages
 

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