Public power [[electronic resource] ] : the fight for publicly owned electricity / / Howard Hampton ; with Bill Reno
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| Autore: |
Hampton Howard
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| Titolo: |
Public power [[electronic resource] ] : the fight for publicly owned electricity / / Howard Hampton ; with Bill Reno
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, ON, : Insomniac Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.793/2/0971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Electric utilities - Government ownership - Canada |
| Privatization - Canada | |
| Electric utilities - Government ownership - United States | |
| Privatization - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
RenoBill
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Deregulation |
| 18. The Retreat from Privatization19. A 21st Century Public Power System; 20. Our Gift to the Future; Notes; Sources; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Deregulating 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Public power |
| ISBN: | 1-280-91096-8 |
| 9786610910960 | |
| 1-4593-0949-9 | |
| 1-897414-88-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454036103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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