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Focuses on the working of U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which was established to revitalize an eroded and impoverished region in 1933. Responsibilities entrusted to the TVA; Reference to the TVA Act which established a three-man board that former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt filled with dedicated progressives; Information on the power production capacity of the TVA; Discussion of the economic development brought about by the TVA; Appreciation of the TVA for proving that public agencies clothed with certain powers of private corporations can perform valuable public functions.

Focuses on the significance of garbage recycling as a source of energy in the U.S. administration's aim to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of energy. Need for making investment in new forms of power generation including the transformation of solid waste into energy; Legislative bill being planned by Senate committee on recycling and energy generation from solid waste; Development of technologies required to convert solid waste to energy.

Focuses on the advocacy for change in rate structure for electric power transmission by environmentalists as a solution for financial problems being faced by electric utilities in the U.S. Arguments given by environmentalists for a overhaul of rate structure to increase financial viability of power generation; Financial problems being faced by electric power business in the U.S.; Reaction of the industry to calls of rate reforms in electric industry.

Focuses on the state of public and private electric utilities in Los Angeles, California as of March 1974. Public systems with power generation capabilities in California; Highlights of the Emergency Energy Curtailment Program introduced by commissioners in Los Angeles; Regulations related to rates of electric utilities existent in the city.

Discusses issues concerning generation of solar electric power in the U.S. Benefits of generating solar electric power; Techniques devised by solar scientists for solar electric power generation; Amount allocated by U.S. President Richard Nixon for solar research.

Focuses on the U.S. Congress investigation on the drawbacks in the administration of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a power company owned by the U.S. Government. Assessment of the economic conditions of African Americans residents in Knoxville, Tennessee; Information that TVA is an agency devoted to the development of a whole river valley in terms of public safety, public convenience and public welfare; Charges of dishonesty made by Arthur Morgan of TVA, whom U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had removed for contumacy, against his fellow directors; Contributions of Morgan, an engineer, to the construction of TVA.

The article reports on the risk and struggle facing farmers and ranchers of the Missouri Valley in Iowa in 1952. The Missouri Valley was under a state and federal public works program that aimed to tame the watershed. Several developments were made by Missouri Valley development program engineers including the construction of facilities to generate electric power, the construction of dams and reservoirs, and the establishment of power transmission lines.

The article introduces a series of articles about the significant aspects of the industrial revolution in the Southern region of the U.S., including the developing industrial district, a modern port, a multi-million dollar plant, and a flood-control and hydroelectric project that is set to power factory wheels and provide electricity to new homes throughout the region.

The drive to amend the Atomic Energy Act, which established the Atomic Energy Commission, has been in full swing for more than a year. Everything now appears set for its reconsideration by the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. The Atomic Energy Commission is reported to be ready to recommend a revision of the law so as to permit the licensing of the U.S. concerns to possess quantities of uranium they would need to produce electric power and to permit the licensing of such private firms to produce plutonium and other fissionable material as by-products in connection with their use of atomic energy to produce electric power.

The article focuses on the role of atomic power in catering the energy needs of 2050. It says that atomic energy is important since out of the total energy needs of 2050, only a little more than half could be provided by the fossil fuels and 10% from continuing energy sources. According to the Atomic Energy Commission report of consulting engineer Palmer Putnam, nuclear fuels would fill the gap of the entire energy requirements of 2050. Meanwhile, atomic energy is helpful in power generation.

The article focuses on the positive performance of the electric power industry in the U.S. for 1952. It says that one of the most relevant factors in the superior market performance of the industry is its reputation of being shockproof. It states that in 1952, despite the June-July halt in the steel industry, power production increased around 8% higher than 195's record and gross revenues had a record high of 5.4 billion dollars, 10% higher than 1951's.

The article presents information on a contract signed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for establishment of the largest power-generating system in the country. The new capacity will serve AEC's latest uranium refinery in Pike County, Ohio. A 15-utility combine will complete the system in four years and cost 400 million dollars.

The article focuses on the steam generation activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). More than half of the six-million-kilowatt (kw.) capacity of TVA will be steam generated within a few years. The growth of TVA is partly attributed to hydroelectric systems. It mentions the defeat of the private power industry by TVA when Congress allowed the construction of the New Johnsonville plant in 1949.

The article reports on the completion of Electric Bond & Share Co.'s (EBS) transformation into an investment company in the U.S. in 1961. The company is searching to widen itself by acquiring companies that will form the expansion in several various industries. The company dominated 3.5 billion dollars in assets and approximately 15% of power generation in the U.S. at the time of the death sentence by legislation.

The article discusses the evolution of fission reactors and the plan to develop a new breeder reactor in the U.S. as of May 1967. The Argonne National Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission and a number of other organizations in the world are developing a third generation of breeder reactors. These reactors are designed for power plants that will generate a million kilowatts. Images illustrating the components and the procedures involved in the development of the reactor are provided.

Reports that overworked power systems, poor planning, profit-taking and a peak demand have given rise to the possibility of electric power shortages in the United States. Power in the U.S. tighter than at any time during World War II; Demand for electricity increasing as home electric appliances gain popularity; Denial by electric utilities that there is a power shortage; Unheeded call by Leland Olds, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, in 1941 for utilities to expand their generating capacities; Suggested measures to prevent brownouts in the future.

The article describes the creation of Van de Graaf machines by Franklin B. Lee, a chemical engineer. Lee emphasized that designers should know that approximately 50 square inches of belt per second passing over the pulleys will produce one microampere of current and that the maximum potential developed by the machine will be equal to 70,000 times the smallest radius of curvature of the collector in inches. He recommended the use of a practical collector which is spheroid with slightly flattened at the bottom.

The article presents information on the launch of largest electric generators at Grand Coulee in central Washington to deliver power aid for defense industries of Bonneville, 40 miles east of Portland. It reports on the increased electric load with the introduction of aluminum production plant by Reynolds Metals Co. at Longview, Washington, and fabricating plant by Alcoa Inc. However the defense emergency has become a life saver to Bonneville Grand Coulee Power Administration for selling power.

The article discusses that the U.S. Federal Power Commission (FPC) has issued the detailed schedule of new generating facilities. It states that the program will be handled by the chairman of FPC, Leland Olds, and consultant of the U.S. Office of Productivity Management (OPM), J. A. Krug, and in order to strengthen their position, OPM created a special agency to handle defense power problems. According to Olds, FPC should undertake specific equipments to fit into stations already constructed.

The article reports the condition of the money market in the U.S. as of May 1937. American banks get over the May 1 struggle in reserve requirement which resulted to a surplus funds of more than 800 million U.S. dollars. The market received the 25 million U.S. dollar-offering of the Federal Home Loan Bank and that corporate bond issues are settled. In the domestic sector, the automobile industry posed an increase in production as well as electric power production.

The article presents a biography of John "Jack" Barnes Miller, founder and head of the hydro-electric utility company Southern California Edison Co., which has a capital of 150,000,000 dollars and employs 10,000 workers as of August 1923. The company uses hydro-electric power to supply roughly 310 cities and towns with electric power. It cites several individuals who partnered with Miller, namely, William R. Staats, Harry H. Sinclair and Henry Fisher.

The article refers to a study by the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, which analyzes cost and location, and mentions the outlook for commercial atomic power, particularly in the United States. Summarized reports discuss the use of atomic energy in the aluminum, chlorine-caustic soda, phosphate, fertilizer, cement, brick, flat glass, iron and steel, railroad transportation, and residential heating industries. Capital charges are a significant component in cost--not the feed materials of natural uranium or thorium. The cost of producing atomic electricity is expected to be stable over the life of an existing facility. Topics are: energy costs in relation to production costs; research methods used by the Cowles Commission; and two factors in the breakdown of estimated costs.

The article discusses the benefits and territorial limitations of electric utility facilities integration. The article compares integration with interconnection between different owners and different systems and addresses specific issues raised in Section II (b) (I) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. The article touches on several issues regarding public utility integration, including engineering and design, operation and maintenance, treasury and related activities, purchasing and stores, and safety. The authors argue that the benefits and limitations of integration stem from close contact with area conditions which gives knowledge to the central service operation. Until it is possible to add territory without losing this connection, integration will not be effective.

The article addresses the issue raised by the U.S. Federal Power Commission's first report of the National Power Survey that claimed that critical power shortages were anticipated in almost every section of the U.S.. This claim was challenged by the Edison Electric Institute which responded that the industry could support a 20% increase on its current load. The article explores capacity ratings and load measurements, the National Power Survey report, the Edison Electric Institute response, and capacity factors. The article finds the studies lacking and suggests that in the future, the question of electric power capacity must consider a comparison between capacity and consumer requirements that extend over larger geographical areas with regard to inter-company transfers of power.

This article examines problematic issues regarding the relations of the State and the electric-power industry in France. The discussion addresses the three major industry concerns of electric-power production, transmission, and distribution. A brief historical overview of government regulations and legislation regarding each aspect is presented, as well as the perceived shortcomings of those actions. Details related to official industry surveys of electrical production plants and the efforts of the State to provide a leadership role for electrical development are discussed.

The article discusses the various methods of generating hydroelectric power in France, including the Alpine, the Pyrean, and the Central Massif solutions, and how this power is utilized by Alpine industries. The article discusses how these solutions work, the cost of implementation, and the expected power yield. Utilization of electric power by the electro-chemical and electro-metallurgic industries, paper manufacturers, and other industries is discussed. The article examines the location, power use, manufacture, labor conditions, and means of transportation for these industries. The article concludes that hydroelectric power has been essential to the survival of these industries which face the challenge of transportation within the mountains.

This article examines the application of electric power production as the basis for an index of general business conditions. Some of the reasons why the author feels that this would be an efficient business index are the fact that electricity is the only widely used commodity which is created and measured as it is consumed, the measurement is free from the influence of prices, and the data for electrical power production is easily adapted to the construction of an index. The author constructed such an index and compared it to others, finding that it displayed much of the same information.

The article reports on the plan of electric utilities in the U.S. Midwest to integrate the operations of their facilities to meet the growing demand for more electric power in the region. The plan covers the operations of 12 private utilities, three public power districts, five municipal utilities and four federal agencies, making it the largest power pool in the country. A background of power pools that started in the 1920s is presented.

The article mentions about the various flood control construction project in the northeastern states of the U.S. It mentions that the U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower has presented his budget plans before the U.S. Congress which includes 100 million dollars project of constructing dams, floodwalls and leeves in New England. It further mentions that the government also aims to construct power plant in new England.

The article offers information on the proposal for building an atomic energy power plant in the town of Elk River, Minnesota. It presents a chart that depicts the various steps of productions of electric energy in an atomic energy power plant. It states that the reactor would be designed by American Machine & Foundary Co. It mentions the various design deatils of the power plant which includes the use of boiling water reactor, and presence of an additional heat exchange unit.

Until it loses itself in the foul and polluted Mississippi a few miles below Minneapolis and St. Paul, every thing about the St. Croix River is lovely, its long quiet southward meanderings that for 100 miles form the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin and its incoming trout brooks and bass streams. But cutting across beginnings of for tomorrow's conservation there is today a Northern States Power Co. project that opponents say would open a door to industrial, degradation of the lower St. Croix valley. At the village of Oak Park Heights on the Minnesota shore just below Stillwater, the company is petitioning to build an enormous coal-burning electric generating cost of $68 million. This 550,000 kilowatt station, larger than any that had been installed anywhere in the United States prior to 1961. Later a second unit of even larger capacity would be added.

This article focuses on solving water shortage problem. In this article, the author presents a case of large-scale nuclear-power plants, which would produce both low-cost electricity and fresh water from the sea. Since considerable opposition has developed even to the medium-sized nuclear powered electric generating stations that have been projected for a number of locations around the country. In every technological development, and likewise in the opposition to it, different intellectual levels can be discerned.

The article explores the progress achieved in the field of electricity as of June 15, 1938. The topics discussed include strides made in electrical research, production data for the electrical-equipment industry, and the electrification of farm homes in the U.S. Several examples of significant research achievements and electrical equipment developed are cited, including the air conditioner. The many benefits of electricity are also mentioned.

The article offers updates on research efforts on fusion power at Princeton University in New Jersey using the Symmetric Tokamak and the Spherator machines. The challenge for researchers is to find ways to harness low-cost pollution-free electric power from the fusion of heavy hydrogen atoms through plasma physics. Statements by Melvin Gottlieb, director of the Atomic Energy Commission's Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton, on the center's progress in building a fusion power reactor are included.

The article reports on the prospect of power shortage in the U.S. in the summer of 1971. The Federal Power Commission (FPC) reveals that 39 out of the 181 key utility systems have less than 10% reserves for the winter season in 1970. It expects that brownouts, voltage cuts and curtailments across the country will worsen. Several factors affecting the electric power generation of electric utilities are also explored including Consolidated Edison Co. of New York and General Electric Co. (GE) .

The article reports on the U.S. research progress in generating electricity from nuclear fusion. It is informed that generating electric power from nuclear fusion has proved to be one of the toughest research task for the country. U.S. researchers are planning to create a plasma which would be similar to the superheated mixture that fuels the sun.

This article focuses on U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's first national budget for his second term. A modest increase in old age assistance is recommended, but those among the 14 million people over 65 years of age who now draw assistance average $750 a year. It would take a substantial raise to begin to provide a decent income. The President's request for $38 billion for the defense Establishment is $9.5 billion less than the service originally requested for the coming year. Another program closely related to economic assistance is the atoms-for-peace program. Uranium-235 will be of limited service for medical research, but its main value will be for electric power generation.

Focuses on benefits enjoyed by large banks by becoming stockholders of electricity companies in the United States. Reasons for decreasing levels of power generation in the U.S.; Total number of enterprises that retail electricity in the U.S.; Percentage of control held by Citibank Corporation in the Carolina Power and Light Company; Argument that the beneficial arrangement enjoyed by banks involves the payment of utility bills; Discussion that the IOUs' owners are able to earn a return off money deposited in the bank--money that could, instead, have been earning interest for customers.

Focuses on problems faced by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) regarding power production and its distribution. Attitude of New Deal opponents towards the sale of power produced by the TVA; Information on potential projects to produce electric power in the Pacific West; Reasons for building Wilson Dam; Improvement in navigability of the Tennessee River; Production of electric energy for nitrate manufacture used by the government in future war; Views of judicial experts on the power of Congress in the Boulder Dam.

Comments on the results of the National Power Survey in the U.S. Inefficiency of power production and distributing systems; Prediction of increased power consumption for 1937; Presentation of detailed analysis of deficits and surpluses with special reference to water-power possibilities; Identification of government agency responsible for determining the cost of electricity to the ultimate consumer; Exposure of waste and negligence in managing power resources.

The article focuses on electric utilities in the U.S. as of January 1959. The author discusses their production capacity, consumption by industry, and individual households demand. Topics include construction of new electric power plants, power sources, and corporate return on equity. Also reviewed is the business of electric power companies including Commonwealth Edison, American Electric Power Co., and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Special attention is paid to the recession on the sector.

The article discusses business developments worldwide as of mid-September 1955. The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board approved Northwest Airlines' application to operate New York-to-Seattle, Washington cross-country flights. The electronics industry is projected to post annual sales of 20 billion dollars in the next 10 years. The Pentagon rejected the bid by British firm English Electric Export & Trading Co. to manufacture electric generators and transformers for the U.S. Army.