BEHIND THE RISE IN PRICES

摘要

For more than a century, the electric power industry has supplied the United States with abundant and reliable electricity. The industry that brought "smokeless light" to American cities in the late 1800s now supplies the power for, among other things, more than 176 million personal computers and a national network of 208 million cellular phones. At a time of record high fuel prices, historic environmental challenges, and industry structural change, the nation's demand for reliable electric power continues to grow.