Protecting the Public: How "Independent" Is the FPC?

Criticizes the U.S. Federal Power Commission for its failure to protect the public interest and asserts that it represents the outstanding example in the federal government of the breakdown of the administrative process. Discussion on how Joseph Swidler, the former counsel for TVA, demonstrated how the Commission had reorganized its staff and streamlined procedures; Overview of a meeting at The White House over the Pacific Power & Light Co.'s request for permission to issue stocks and bonds whose proceeds would be used for construction of a line between the federal Bonneville dam system in Oregon and the power scarce markets of California; Major accomplishment of the FPC on the electric power side.