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.