LEADER 04525oam 2200673I 450 001 9910828162503321 005 20240418133508.0 010 $a0-262-33099-7 010 $a0-262-33098-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468326 035 $a(EBL)4093092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001542865 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16131627 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001542865 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14337073 035 $a(PQKB)10647197 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001375656 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4093092 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat07288635 035 $a(IDAMS)0b00006484a52565 035 $a(IEEE)7288635 035 $a(OCoLC)919612420$z(OCoLC)920823021$z(OCoLC)951562715$z(OCoLC)1055401042$z(OCoLC)1066582043$z(OCoLC)1081236637 035 $a(OCoLC-P)919612420 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9421 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4093092 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11119525 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL828142 035 $a(OCoLC)919612420 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468326 100 $a20150902h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe power brokers $ethe struggle to shape and control the electric power industry /$fJeremiah D. Lambert 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts ;$aLondon, England :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (395 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-262-52978-5 311 $a0-262-02950-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Samuel Insull: Architect and Prime Mover of the Electric Utility Business in the United States; 2 David Lilienthal and the Era of Public Power; 3 Bonneville Power: Overreach and Disaster; 4 Paul Joskow and the Intellectual Blueprint for Industry Reform; 5 Ken Lay: Competition Betrayed; 6 Amory Lovins: Prophet of a New Order; 7 Jim Rogers and the Politics of Accommodation; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Index 330 3 $a"For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to manage, co-opt, and profit from government regulation. In The Power Brokers, Jeremiah Lambert maps this complex interaction from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Lambert's narrative focuses on seven important industry players: Samuel Insull, the principal industry architect and prime mover; David Lilienthal, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), who waged a desperate battle for market share; Don Hodel, who presided over the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in its failed attempt to launch a multi-plant nuclear power program; Paul Joskow, the MIT economics professor who foresaw a restructured and competitive electric power industry; Enron's Ken Lay, master of political influence and market-rigging; Amory Lovins, a pioneer proponent of sustainable power; and Jim Rogers, head of Duke Energy, a giant coal-fired utility threatened by decarbonization. Lambert tells how Insull built an empire in a regulatory vacuum, and how the government entered the electricity marketplace by making cheap hydropower available through the TVA. He describes the failed overreach of the BPA, the rise of competitive electricity markets, Enron's market manipulation, Lovins's radical vision of a decentralized industry powered by renewables, and Rogers's remarkable effort to influence cap-and-trade legislation. Lambert shows how the power industry has sought to use regulatory change to preserve or secure market dominance and how rogue players have gamed imperfectly restructured electricity markets. Integrating regulation and competition in this industry has proven a difficult experiment." 606 $aElectric utilities$zUnited States$xHistory 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology 610 $aINFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Energy 615 0$aElectric utilities$xHistory. 676 $a333.793/20973 700 $aLambert$b Jeremiah D.$f1934-$01667649 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828162503321 996 $aThe power brokers$94027623 997 $aUNINA