Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Scheidell, John M.

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the "ideal effects'' of regulation on public utilities. The effects are deduced by comparing and interpreting conditions for maximization of various models, with and without regulatory constraints. Three objective functions are considered: welfare maximization, profit maximization and sales maximization. Uniform load models are the first to be considered and the effects of a rate-of-return constraint are analyzed. Next peak load models are introduced with the traditional welfare objective. Finally, the effects of the imposition of a rate-of-return constraint on various peak load models are analyzed.

Extent

108 p.

Comments

College of Business|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Business

Identifier

FADT13798

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