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the effects of lower tax rates prescribed by the Tax Reform Act of 1980, recent decreases in the company’s cost of capital and a reduction in return on equity ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Potomac Edison’s purchased power from a subsidiary, Allegheny Generating Company.
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