03641nam 22007694a 450 991078203270332120230912161739.01-280-91096-897866109109601-4593-0949-91-897414-88-9(CKB)1000000000522881(EBL)299655(OCoLC)191936544(SSID)ssj0000283272(PQKBManifestationID)11225105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283272(PQKBWorkID)10247973(PQKB)11138646(SSID)ssj0000387179(PQKBManifestationID)11291725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387179(PQKBWorkID)10401844(PQKB)20979537(CaPaEBR)407996(CaBNvSL)slc00205418(Au-PeEL)EBL299655(CaPaEBR)ebr10176446(CaONFJC)MIL91096(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/57rgmz(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/4/407996(MiAaPQ)EBC299655(MiAaPQ)EBC3247948(EXLCZ)99100000000052288120030425d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPublic power[electronic resource] the fight for publicly owned electricity /Howard Hampton ; with Bill RenoToronto, ON Insomniac Pressc20031 online resource (299 p.)Includes index.1-894663-44-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index.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 Deregulation18. The Retreat from Privatization19. A 21st Century Public Power System; 20. Our Gift to the Future; Notes; Sources; IndexDeregulating 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 industry in the 1880's right up to the present day, Howard Hampton vividly recounts the dramatic political struggles between public and private power in both Canada and the United States, a moving storyElectric utilitiesGovernment ownershipCanadaPrivatizationCanadaElectric utilitiesGovernment ownershipUnited StatesPrivatizationUnited StatesElectric utilitiesGovernment ownershipPrivatizationElectric utilitiesGovernment ownershipPrivatization333.793/2/0971Hampton Howard1572834Reno Bill1572835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782032703321Public power3848143UNINA