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Policy Study

Privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority

Douglas Houston

October 1, 1988

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Douglas Houston is Professor of Business Economics and Koch Industries Faculty Fellow at the School of Business, University of Kansas. He is the author of a number of articles on electric power issues, such as Deregulating Electric Utilities: A Market Process Approach, in Cato Journal; Can Energy Markets Drive DSM , in Electricity Journal; User Ownership of Electric Transmission Grids, in Regulation; and A Tool of Opportunity: Privatization of the TVA, in National Forum.

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