Cost-of-service-regulation sets prices by considering
A. the actual total cost of providing the service to the customer.
B. the actual marginal cost of providing the service to the customer.
C. the actual average cost of providing the service to the customer.
D. the actual variable cost of providing the service to the customer.
Answer: C
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