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Cordaro Ashley, Deborah, I., Competition and Deregulation in the Electric Industry(A Study of Organizational Transformation: The New York State Public SenriceCommission) Typed and bound Thesis, 276 pages, 8 tables, 7 figures.Public organizations are formed in response to societal needs. They collecttaxes, educate children, enforce laws and provide protection to the environment, thenation and consumers.One such organization is the New York State Public Semce Commission. In1907, legislation was passed to form the New York State Public Service Commission -the first regulatory body of its kind in the United States. Its mission was to providesafe, reliable and reasonably priced electricity. Subsequently, this became the modelthat was implemented in every state in the nation.The past decade heralds an era of competition and a lessening of regulatorycontrol. The telephone, natural gas and airline industries are in various stages ofderegulation, and the electric industry is beginning down this path as well.In an environment such as this, are regulatory organizations necessary, and ifthey are, how can they organize to meet the new societal requirements? The case ofthe New York State Public Service Commission at this....-....,....-...,..tested for theQ1 PC1 bus cardBoth these projects mere sofixare des elopment efforts tonards contributing to dlfferentaspects of Roboucs and lZ1echatronics projects m the Controls and Roboucs Group..
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