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Quoting formal reports to the Federal Trade Commission by its investigating engineer* *A11 quotations are from the formal re port on the Georgia Power Company made by an official investigator of the Federal Trade Commission in Washing ton, in the Commission’s intensive in quiry into operations of the light and power industry in the United States — as ordered by the U. S. Senate Reso lution 83. “Inspection of the physical properties and operating personnel and studies of the operating results indicate that an active, generally efficient management is in charge of well designed and constructed equipment which is serv ing a vast area of approximately 45,000 square miles.” “. . . . All the important load centers are fed from two or more adequate sources of power or by duplicate or loop transmission lines.” “. . . . Six modem, high-class, hydro electric plants . . . In the opinion of this examiner, these plants exhibit evidence of solid construction, convenient arrangement, efficient equipment, and pleasing appearance without ex travagance. They are first-class plants, built for perma- nance and economical operation . . . Lightning arresters and automatic oil circuit breakers of good type were liberally used. The newer substations are models of good construction.” “. .. . Rates in recent years have been closely super vised by the Georgia Public Service Commission. Rates have been generally reduced and made uniform through out the territory served by the Company.” * * * Following a detailed analysis of the rates of this Company, the report states: “From these calculations, it may be seen that the average price to ultimate consumers has co ' • sistently declined and that the domestic consumers have more than proportionately shared in this de crease.” Geo POWER GIA COMPANY A CITIZEN WHEREVER W E S E R V F