Public Utilities and the Poor: Rights and Responsibilities

by Katheryn W. Hexter, David C. Sweet

Overview

Public Utilities and The Poor examines an often-neglected aspect of utility policy: the development of new policy directions for utility assistance to the low-income and the elderly. It focuses on the shift in utility assistance policy-making from the federal to the state, local, and neighborhood levels and on the resulting opportunity among private utilities for leadership in developing local programs. In addition, the authors propose that steps be taken to open up the policy-making process to make sure that all groups with a stake in the outcome are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275925727
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/1987
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

About the Author

DAVID C. SWEET is Dean of the College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University.

KATHRYN WERTHEIM HEXTER is a Consumer and Education Affairs Representative at East Ohio Gas Co.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Dennis E. Eckart
Foreword by J. Richard Kelso
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Energy and the Poor
The Nature of Energy Assistance Programs
The Emergence of the First Crisis: Energy for Heating
Energy and Cities
Part II: The Public Sector Response
The Case for Federal Intervention
The Case for State Intervention
Part III: The Private and Independent Sector Response
The Independent Sector Response
The Case for Utility Leadership
Part IV: A New Crisis/A New Approach
Telephone Rates and the Poor
The Policy-Making Process: Lessons Learned
The Policy-Making Process: A New Era
Appendix A: Testimony
Appendix B: Summary of FCC-Approved State Lifeline Assistance Programs
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors