01089pab a2200121 454500008003600000100001600036245011500052520072300167650001800890700001400908700001400922773003100936180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHyman, Drew  aValues, policy-making, and implementation: the roots of bias in utility regulatory and energy mediation policy  aThis article used a "realist" paradigm to explore policy-making and implementation and examines the effects of policy culture on the implementation of public policy. The processing of every termination/mediation cases by a state utility regulatory commission was used to examine differential implementation of law by a profit-seeking industry and a regulatory body. The validity of the assertion that health and welfare issues should be divorced from energy regulatory policy due to the character of consumers was examined the study supports the conclusion that in the emerging political economy, studies of implementation should consider the byorder political cuslture and discard the text book separation of policy-m  aPublic Policy  aAlexander  aWadsworth  aAdministration and Society