The Natural Gas Market
The Natural Gas Market

Author: Paul W. MacAvoy

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0300129327

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divOver the past six decades federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States. All have been unsuccessful, resulting in nationwide gas shortages or massive gas surpluses and costing the nation scores of billions of dollars. In addition, partial deregulation has led the regulatory agency to become more involved in controlling individual transactions among gas producers, distributors, and consumers. In this important book, Paul MacAvoy demonstrates that no affected group has gained from these experiments in public control and that all participants would gain from complete deregulation. Although losses have declined with partial deregulation in recent years, current regulatory practices still limit the growth of supply through the transmission system. MacAvoy’s history of the regulation of natural gas is a cautionary tale for other natural resource or network industries that are regulated or are about to be regulated. /DIV

Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language
Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language

Author: Denise Warkentin-Glenn

Publisher: PennWell Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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The electric power industry is undergoing the greatest transformation in its 100-year history. In readable, concise fashion, author Denise Warkentin explains how the electric industry works and what changes are in store. After briefly tracing the history of the industry, she details how different segments are structured and work together. Investor-owned, consumer-owned, and government-owned utilities are explained, as are rural cooperatives and independent power producers. Other issues addressed include deregulation, the emergence of energy marketers, and the impact of ongoing mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations.

Natural Gas Deregulation
Natural Gas Deregulation

Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on International Trade, Finance, and Security Economics

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13:

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Electricity Deregulation
Electricity Deregulation

Author: James M. Griffin

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-11-15

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 0226308588

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The electricity market has experienced enormous setbacks in delivering on the promise of deregulation. In theory, deregulating the electricity market would increase the efficiency of the industry by producing electricity at lower costs and passing those cost savings on to customers. As Electricity Deregulation shows, successful deregulation is possible, although it is by no means a hands-off process—in fact, it requires a substantial amount of design and regulatory oversight. This collection brings together leading experts from academia, government, and big business to discuss the lessons learned from experiences such as California's market meltdown as well as the ill-conceived policy choices that contributed to those failures. More importantly, the essays that comprise Electricity Deregulation offer a number of innovative prescriptions for the successful design of deregulated electricity markets. Written with economists and professionals associated with each of the network industries in mind, this comprehensive volume provides a timely and astute deliberation on the many risks and rewards of electricity deregulation.

China’s Gas Development Strategies
China’s Gas Development Strategies

Author: Shell International B.V.

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 3319597345

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines how China can increase the share of natural gas in its energy system. China’s energy strategy has global ramifications and impact, and central to this strategy is the country’s transition from coal to gas. The book presents the culmination of a two-year collaboration between the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) and Shell. With the Chinese government’s strategic aim to increase the share of gas in the energy mix from 5.8% in 2014 to 10% and 15% in 2020 and 2030 respectively, the book outlines how China can achieve its gas targets. Providing both quantifiable metrics and policy measures for the transition, it is a much needed addition to the literature on Chinese energy policy. The research and the resulting recommendations of this study have fed directly into the Chinese government’s 13th Five-Year Plan, and provide unique insights into the Chinese government and policy-making. Due to its global impact, the book is a valuable resource for policy makers in both China and the rest of the world.

Public Utilities, Second Edition
Public Utilities, Second Edition

Author: David E. McNabb

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1785365533

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A thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the utility industry: electric power, natural gas, water, wastewater systems and public transit.

Contrived Competition
Contrived Competition

Author: Richard H. K. Vietor

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9780674169623

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And Bank-America, caught short with bad loans and a deep recession in the early eighties, nearly failed before Sam Armacost and then Tom Clausen achieved an amazing turnaround in the mid-1980s.