Federal vs. State Regulation in 1930

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From PUF Vol. 6, No. 3 | August 7, 1930

The amount of power transferred in interstate commerce is unquestionably growing.

Differ as we may on regulatory policy, we cannot deny the fact that the fraction of unregulated power moving across state lines is becoming larger. A Harvard University survey for 1926 found that 9.06 percent of all power generated in the United States moved in interstate commerce. The National Electric Light Association's survey for 1928 raised the yearly average to 10.9 percent. A recent report of the Federal Trade Commission covering the year of 1929 increased the figure to approximately 15 percent.

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