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Inflation and electricity prices in Iowa real terms
Horace S. Webb of Cedar Rapids notes that adjusting for inflation shows electricity prices from 1969 to 1981 rose only 5.6 percent in real terms. The piece argues for careful regulatory policy to avoid higher future costs and stresses surplus capacity as an asset rather than a burden for Iowa utilities.
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Gazette
Iowa
Horace S. Webb
Cedar Rapids
The
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co