Public power : the fight for publicly owned electricity / Howard Hampton ; with Bill Reno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hampton, Howard.

Contributor:

Reno, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities--Government ownership--Canada.

Electric utilities.

Privatization--Canada.

Privatization.

Electric utilities--Government ownership--United States.

Privatization--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, ON : Insomniac Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91096-8

9786610910960

1-4593-0949-9

1-897414-88-9

OCLC:

191936544