System average rates and management efficiency: A statistical benchmark study of U.S. investor-owned electric utilities

Energy Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Berndt, Ernst R ^a   Epstein, Roy ^b   Doane, Michael J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Analysis Group/Economics   (United States)

^c ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RATES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INVESTOR OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SYSTEM AVERAGE RATES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 0029707137     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol17-No3-1     Document Type: Article

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