(anti-)wheeling

[Baker, John]

        An antedating of the electrical power sense, from the decisions
of the Federal Power Commission:  "In reporting on the application, the
Secretary of the Interior recommended inclusion in any revision of the
license conditions providing for wheeling power over the project
transmission lines, joint use of the public lands crossed by the lines
by roads, pipelines, ditches, etc., and for the continuation of land
conservation practices."  Idaho Power Co., 13 F.P.C. 822 (Feb. 15,
1954).


John Baker


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I've got an entry for this in which I have defined it together with what
I believe is a related meaning. It includes a slight antedating of the
political money sense.

http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/wheeling/

1. in the electricity industry, the transfer of power between utility
companies, especially through the networks of one company on behalf of
another. 2. the transfer of money between political organizations in
order to skirt campaign funding laws.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

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