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Olds, Leland

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Olds, Leland (1890-1960)

US economist and public official. He was an industrial editor for the Federated Press news service (1922-29). As head of the New York State Power Authority (1931-39) and the Federal Power Commission (1939-49), he drafted utility regulations. Poised to reduce natural gas prices, he was denied reappointment by pro-oil senators who cited his ‘leftist’ writings of earlier decades. He later founded Energy Research Associates. He was born in Rochester, New York.
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