Private utilities seeking exemption from federal act

June 7, 1979.

This article details how private utility companies in the PNW were trying to lobby congress and the executive branch to let them start a subsidiary company that would be exempt from federal regulations that protect utility stockholders and consumers.

Keywords: private utilities, Bonneville Power Administration, Public Utility Holding Company Act, American Public Power Association (APPA), consumers and stockholders, Securities and Exchange commission, Northwest regional-power bill, Puget Sound Power & Light, Pacific Power & Light, 280DP18002.