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UNINA9910820010203321 |
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Autore |
Hampton Howard |
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Public power : the fight for publicly owned electricity / / Howard Hampton ; with Bill Reno |
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Toronto, ON, : Insomniac Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-91096-8 |
9786610910960 |
1-4593-0949-9 |
1-897414-88-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electric utilities - Government ownership - Canada |
Privatization - Canada |
Electric utilities - Government ownership - United States |
Privatization - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. The White Coal of Niagara; 2. The Triumph of Democracy; 3. The People's Power Company; 4. Rural Electrification, Farm Modernization; 5. The Queenston-Chippawa Project; 6. The Radials Controversy; 7. Public Power in the United States; 8. The Politics of Power; 9. The Natural Gas Betrayal; 10. Nuclear Ontario; 11. The NDP Years: 1990-1995; 12. The British Disaster; 13. The American Disaster - Part 1; 14. The American Disaster - Part 2; 15. The Ontario Disaster - Part 1; 16. The Ontario Disaster - Part 2; 17. The Inevitable Failure of Deregulation |
18. The Retreat from Privatization19. A 21st Century Public Power System; 20. Our Gift to the Future; Notes; Sources; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Deregulating electricity prices and privatizing publicly owned power system assets has been an economic disaster in North America and elsewhere. Instead of the promised abundance of lower-priced power, states and provinces that have embraced deregulation and privatization are now experiencing astonishing price spikes and unexpected shortages. Taking us from the very beginnings of the electricity |
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