Power Loss The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System

Name: Power Loss The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System
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ISBN: 9780262082730

ISBN-10: 026208273X

ISBN-13: 9780262082730

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard F. Hirsh

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In the late 1990s, Americans for the first time found themselves in the position of being able to choose an electricity provider. In this book, Richard F. Hirsh explains how and why this radical restructuring has occured.

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 12/3/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 418
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Acronyms


Introduction



The Utility Consensus and Initial Challenges it Faced



Creation of the Utility Consensus



Utility Managers Gain Dominance



Stresses on the Consensus



PURPA and the Threat to Utility Elites



The Context and Creation of PURPA



Implementation of PURPA's Section 210



Radical Technologies in the PURPA Era



PURPA, Natural Monopoly, and Market Principles



Novel Ideas and Empowerment of New Parties



The Mainstreaming of Conservation



First Implementation of Conservation Principles by Utilities



The Growth of Regulatory Activism



The Further Evolution of Novel Approaches



Creation of a New Consensus?



Profits and Progress from the Collaborative Movement



Regulation Reconsidered



Restructuring and the Passing of the Power Elites



Conclusion: The Altered Politics of Power and the End of the Utility Consensus



Selected Information Regarding the American Electric Utility System


Bibliographic Note


Notes


Index