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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington was alive with investigations and promises of investigations to find out what went so terribly wrong at the Metropolitan Edison Co. plant. In his major energy address Thursday night, Jimmy Carter preceded his call for phased decontrol of oil prices and a windfall tax on petroleum companies (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS) with the announcement that he would appoint an independent commission to look into the accident and make recommendations for improving the safety of all nuclear plants. Said the President: "You deserve a full accounting, and you will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now Comes The Fallout | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Replacement costs are normally passed along to customers automatically. That would mean the 346,000 customers served by Metropolitan Edison Co., operator and part-owner of the plant, could pay an extra $7.50 a month, federal energy experts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Company, Consumers Dispute Who Will Pay Accident Costs | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...state commission bars the automatic pass-through costs to consumers, General Public Utilities. Metropolitan Edison's parent company, would shoulder the burden. General Public Utilities has 177,000 stockholders, but the insurance Metropolitan Edison carries would absorb the costs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Company, Consumers Dispute Who Will Pay Accident Costs | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

Dave Kluscik, a spokesman for Metropolitan Edison, said yesterday the company would have to borrow to pay capital costs and repay previous loans if investors sell their stock, charging customers in the long...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Company, Consumers Dispute Who Will Pay Accident Costs | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...arbitrary and ill-conceived decision, the BAA has chosen not to honor press requests from any college newspaper. That means the multitude of metropolitan Boston schools, whose students comprise a great bulk of the almost 8000 runners in the Marathon, will have no news of their athletes' accomplishments. The large, commercial dailies will not provide special attention to specific runners from specific schools--there are too many other concerns. Only the college papers have the space to write about their own athletes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marathon-Sized Slap in the Face | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

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