International Comparisons of Electricity Regulation

Download or read book International Comparisons of Electricity Regulation written by Richard J. Gilbert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the most comprehensive characterization assembled to date of the historical, institutional, and economic forces affecting electricity regulation. Eminent economists organized by the University of California Energy Institute survey the US, UK, Scandinavia, Latin America, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, and Yugoslavia. Recent experiments with privatization, competition, and restructuring in electricity are contrasted with instances where government ownership and traditional vertical integration still dominate. The introductory essay by Richard J. Gilbert, Edward P. Kahn, and David Newbery synthesizes individual country studies.