LEADER 03614nam 22007694a 450 001 9910820010203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-91096-8 010 $a9786610910960 010 $a1-4593-0949-9 010 $a1-897414-88-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000522881 035 $a(EBL)299655 035 $a(OCoLC)191936544 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283272 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283272 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247973 035 $a(PQKB)11138646 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000387179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291725 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10401844 035 $a(PQKB)20979537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)407996 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00205418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL299655 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176446 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL91096 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/57rgmz 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/4/407996 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC299655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3247948 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000522881 100 $a20030425d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPublic power $ethe fight for publicly owned electricity /$fHoward Hampton ; with Bill Reno 210 $aToronto, ON $cInsomniac Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-894663-44-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 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. 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 story 606 $aElectric utilities$xGovernment ownership$zCanada 606 $aPrivatization$zCanada 606 $aElectric utilities$xGovernment ownership$zUnited States 606 $aPrivatization$zUnited States 615 0$aElectric utilities$xGovernment ownership 615 0$aPrivatization 615 0$aElectric utilities$xGovernment ownership 615 0$aPrivatization 676 $a333.793/2/0971 700 $aHampton$b Howard$01672787 701 $aReno$b Bill$01672788 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820010203321 996 $aPublic power$94036364 997 $aUNINA