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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 327 $a18. The Retreat from Privatization19. A 21st Century Public Power System; 20. Our Gift to the Future; Notes; Sources; Index 330 $aDeregulating 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. 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