The Economics of Public Utility Regulation
Author: Michael A. Crew
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1986-06-18
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1349072958
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Author: Michael A. Crew
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1986-06-18
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1349072958
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Franklin Phillips
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 938
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. Lee Willis
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2018-10-03
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 142002826X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPower interruptions of the scale of the North American Blackout of 2003 are rare, but they still loom as a possibility. Will the aging infrastructure fail because deregulated monopolies have no financial incentives to upgrade? Is centralized planning becoming subordinate to market forces? Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation, Second Edition provides an updated, non-technical description that sheds light on the nature of the industry and the issues involved in its transition away from a regulated environment. The book begins by broadly surveying the industry, from a regulated utility structure to the major concepts of de-regulation to the history of electricity, the technical aspects, and the business of power. Then, the authors delve into the technologies and functions on which the industry operates; the many ways that power is used; and the various means of power generation, including central generating stations, renewable energy, and single-household size generators. The authors then devote considerable attention to the details of regulation and de-regulation. To conclude, one new chapter examines aging infrastructures and reliability of service, while another explores the causes of blackouts and how they can be prevented. Based on the authors' extensive experience, Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation, Second Edition offers an up-to-date perspective on the major issues impacting the daily operations as well as the long-term future of the electric utilities industry.
Author: Judith Clifton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-11
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1317981618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUtilities have long been essential for societies, supplying basic services for nations, organizations and households alike. The proper functioning and regulation of utilities is therefore critical for the economy, society and security. History provides an invaluable insight into important issues of the economic and social regulation of utilities and offers guidance for future debates. However, the history of utility regulation – which speaks of changing, diverse and complex experiences around the world – was sidelined or marginalised when economists and policy-makers enthusiastically embraced the question of how to reform the utilities from the 1970s. This book examines in depth the complex regulation and deregulation of energy, communications, transportation and water utilities across Western Europe, the United States, Australia, Brazil, China and India. In each case, attention is drawn to the changing roles of the state, the market and firms in the regulation, organization and delivery of utility services. This book was originally published as a special issue of Business History.
Author: William T. Gormley, Jr.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Published: 2010-11-23
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0822974274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the important and increasingly controversial issues of utility regulation by combining a sophisticated understanding of these issues with a rigorous examination of various regulatory arrangements across the American states. It draws on interviews with participants in twelve states: public utility commissioners, commission staff members, utility company executives, governmental consumer advocates, and citizen activists. In addition to offering an up-to-date, comprehensive survey of regulatory politics at the state level, Gormley makes specific proposals for regulatory reform and emphasizes the importance (and difficulty) of assuring both expertise and accountability. Students of politics and public policy will find the state-level approach useful in examining the strategies of the "New Federalism" that transfer more and more formerly federal responsibilities to the states.
Author: Scott Hempling
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781627222921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganizing a century of legal principles to help the U.S. public utility industry resolve tensions created by the current legal boundaries of legal regulation and fashion new policies for the future. Its mix of case narratives and doctrine, drawn from all legal sources, is geared to lawyers and non-lawyers, veterans and novices, practitioners and decision-makers, academics and the media--anyone seeking to use the law to serve the public interest. Topics covered include market structure, pricing, and jurisdictional issues.
Author: Wayne P. Olson
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Published: 2014-10-01
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ISBN-13: 9780910325325
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 24
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 116
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