Review of the Proposed Sale of the Power Marketing Administrations: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, May 7, 1986, Volume 4

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Page 303 - 'The United States are as much bound by their contracts as are individuals. If they repudiate their obligations, it is as much repudiation, with all the wrong and reproach that term implies, as it would be if the repudiator had been a State or a municipality or a citizen."
Page 324 - unlawful for any person engaged in commerce ... to discriminate in price between different purchasers of commodities of like grade and quality ...
Page 348 - does not exercise such a controlling influence over the management or policies of any public utility or holding company as to make it necessary or appropriate in the public interest
Page 111 - In carrying out the Federal power marketing program. Western's organization consists of the Headquarters Office located In Golden, Colorado, and five Area Offices located in Billings, Montana; Boulder City, Nevada; Loveland, Colorado; Sacramento. California; and Salt Lake City. Utah. Additionally, there are five District Offices and one Power Systems Operations Office.
Page 248 - TESTIMONY: Before the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources on PHA Privatization by Jeffrey C. Smith, February 20, 1986. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on PHA Privatization by Jeffrey C. Smith, April 9, 1986. About the
Page 295 - and assigns of the parties to this contract; provided, however, that neither such contract nor any interest therein shall be transferred or assigned by either party to any party other than the United States or an agency thereof without the written consent of the other.
Page 374 - Industry best serves the nation If diversity of ownership exists so as to encourage yardstick competition, prevent monopoly, and minimize or eliminate competitive abuses. Local governmental and cooperative utilities are generally smaller than privately-owned companies, and their reliance on purchasing power from private companies should be reduced by making available to them excess power
Page 294 - contract or any interest therein shall not be transferred or assigned by either party to any party other than the Government or an agency thereof without the written consent of the other party except as specifically provided in this section.
Page 348 - control a public utility or holding company, (2) is not an intermediary company through which such control is exercised, and (3) does not
Page 295 - this agreement nor any interest therein shall be transferred or assigned by any one of the parties hereto except with the mutual consent in writing of the other two parties hereto, to any other entity except the United States or an agency thereof. . . . Such consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

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