Metadata record for Politics of Public Utility Regulation in the United States, 1980

Politics of Public Utility Regulation in the United States, 1980 Gormley, William T. Jr. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 1992-02-16 8080 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08080.v1

For this data collection, interviews were conducted in 1979-1980 with managers associated with the public utility regulation process in 12 states. Respondents were public utility commissioners, public utility commission staff members, utility company executives, assistant attorneys general, and representatives of citizens' groups (both governmental and nongovernmental advocates). Variables include attitudinal measures regarding issues in the public utility regulation process, as well as perceptions of organizational accountability, decision-making processes, allocation of resources, and diffusion of innovations within the various organizations associated with the regulatory process. Background information on each respondent was also collected, but many of these variables were recoded as missing data to protect the anonymity of the respondents.

UniverseScheme08080 Organization08080_1 ICPSR.VIII.A advocacy citizen participation consumers corporate responsibility energy consumption energy industry organizational behavior policy making public utilities public utilities commissions regulatory processes utility rates United States 1980 1980 survey data Managers associated with public utility regulation in 12 states. personal interviews 1979 1980

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