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Power Marketing Administrations: Their Ratesetting Practices Compared With Those of Nonfederal Utilities

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 30, 2000
Report No. AIMD-00-114
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Summary:

This report reviews the ratesetting practices of the Department of Energy's (DOE) power marketing administrations (PMA) and compares them with those of other utilities. GAO focuses on PMA's ratesetting practices and assesses their impact on the PMA's future competitiveness. GAO determines (1) how the PMAs set their rates to recover costs, (2) how the PMA's ratesetting practices compare to those of investor-owned and publicly owned utilities, and (3) the impact of the PMA's ability to defer repayment of portions of their debt on their future competitiveness.

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