The RWE utility - a beaming giant

West Germany's biggest electric utility has become the subject of gossip. Formerly only known - if ever - as the sender of electricity bills, the Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Elektrizitaetswerk (RWE) now is talked about and brought in for controversial issues in the field of energy and environmental policy. The book deals with the history of the RWE utility, developing from a municipal utility to the Federal Republic's biggest electricity supplier, the people that have given guidance and support to RWE, the highly interesting system of owner-ship rights, the role of RWE as a contributor to environmental pollution, the interlockings and manifold interests, the utility's behaviour and attitude in the nuclear business, the ingenious business policy at the taxpayers' expense, chances of exerting an impact on, or developing means of resistance against, the business policy of RWE. (orig./HP)