LEADER 03483nam 2200337 450 001 9910720873403321 005 20230703162958.0 035 $a(CKB)5710000000124525 035 $a(NjHacI)995710000000124525 035 $a(EXLCZ)995710000000124525 100 $a20230703d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRegulating mergers and acquisitions of U.S. electric utilities $eindustry concentration and corporate complication /$fScott Hempling 210 1$aCheltenham, England :$cEdward Elgar Publishing,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) 327 $aPart I: The transactions : sales of public franchises for private gain, undisciplined by competition, producing a concentrated, complicated industry no one intended Diverse strategies, common purpose : selling public franchises for private gain -- Missing from utility merger markets : competitive discipline -- The structural result : concentration and complication no one intended -- Part II: The harms : economic waste, misallocation of gain, competitive distortion, customer risks and costs -- Suboptimal couplings cause economic waste -- Merging parties divert franchise value from the customers who created it -- Mergers can distort competition : market power, anticompetitive conduct and unearned advantage -- Hierarchical conflict harms customers -- Part III: Regulatory lapses : visionlessness, reactivity, deference -- Regulators' unreadiness : checklists instead of visions -- Promoters' strategy : frame mergers as simple, positive, inevitable -- How do regulators respond? : by ceding leadership, underestimating negatives and accepting minor positives -- Explanations : passion gaps and mental shortcuts -- Part IV: Solutions : regulatory posture, practices and infrastructure -- Regulatory posture and practice : less instinct, more analysis; less reactivity, more preparation -- Regulatory infrastructure : strengthen regulatory resources, clarify statutory powers, assess mergers' effects -- The U.S. electric industry : a tutorial -- Appendix A.1 List of companies referenced -- Appendix A.2 Does federal bankruptcy law preempt a state commissions franchising authority? -- Appendix A.3 Ring-fencing provisions approved by the D.C. Public Service Commission. 330 $a"What happens when electric utility monopolies pursue their acquisition interests--undisciplined by competition, and insufficiently disciplined by the regulators responsible for replicating competition? Since the mid-1980s, mergers and acquisitions of U.S. electric utilities have halved the number of local, independent utilities. Mostly debt-financed, these transactions have converted retiree-suitable investments into subsidiaries of geographically scattered conglomerates. Written by one of the U.S.'s leading regulatory thinkers, this book combines legal, accounting, economic and financial analysis of the 30-year march of U.S. electricity mergers with insights from the dynamic field of behavioral economics." 606 $aElectric utilities$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aElectric utilities$xLaw and legislation. 676 $a343.0929 700 $aHempling$b Scott$01277923 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910720873403321 996 $aRegulating mergers and acquisitions of U.S. electric utilities$93012254 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04473nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910780682403321 005 20231206205608.0 010 $a1-283-13220-6 010 $a9786613132208 010 $a0-7748-5644-0 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774856447 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000450 035 $a(OCoLC)243616451 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10220676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644226 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12302688 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644226 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10676135 035 $a(PQKB)10162536 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602914 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412508 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227140 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313220 035 $a(OCoLC)923446070 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3g35xq 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406927 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412508 035 $a(DE-B1597)662176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774856447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000450 100 $a19951120d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPaul Kane's great Nor-West$b[electronic resource] /$fDiane Eaton and Sheila Urbanek 210 $aVancouver, BC $cUBC Press$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0549-8 311 $a0-7748-0538-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChronology -- $tIntroduction -- $tForward with the Lachine Brigade -- $tThe Métis Buffalo Hunt -- $tAcross the Prairies to Fort Edmonton -- $tA Winter Crossing of the Rockies -- $tAdventuring in the Oregon Country -- $tNorthwest to Fort Victoria -- $tUp the Columbia -- $tOver the Rockies and Homeward Bound -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this beautifully designed and richly illustrated book, Diane Eaton and Sheila Urbanek re-create Paul Kane's heroic journey across Canada and bring to life the people, places, and events he experienced. Determined to document the lives and customs of the Indians of the Northwest, Paul Kane set out in 1845 to cross the continent 'with no companions but my portfolio and a box of paints, my gun and a stock of ammunition.' Travelling via the Hudson's Bay Company fur brigade routes, he made his way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast and back again. When he returned to Toronto in the fall of 1848, he brought back some 500 field sketches as well as a remarkable collection of Indian 'curiosities,' which he used as raw material for one hundred oil paintings depicting scenes of Indian life. While the carefully executed oil paintings are deliberately romanticized images of the west, the original field sketches convey Kane's immediate impressions and offer tantalizing glimpses of what he describes as the 'wild scenes amongst which I strayed almost alone.' A fascinating complement to the sketches is contained in a small diary Kane kept while on his journey -- brief and plainspoken, these entries were jotted down in his own idiosyncratic spelling and punctuation. Illustrated with a wide selection of the field sketches as well as his better-known oil paintings, this book reintroduces this remarkable artist to a modern audience. 606 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Canadian 606 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Pacific 606 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Canadian$vPictorial works 606 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Pacific$vPictorial works 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$xDescription and travel 607 $aNorthwest, Pacific$xDescription and travel 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$vPictorial works 607 $aNorthwest, Pacific$vPictorial works 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aIndians of North America 676 $a971.2/01 700 $aEaton$b Diane F$01574221 701 $aUrbanek$b Sheila$01574222 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780682403321 996 $aPaul Kane's great Nor-West$93850348 997 $aUNINA