The Power Brokers : The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry.
Lambert, Jeremiah D.
The Power Brokers : The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (395 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 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.
How the interplay between government regulation and the private sector has shaped the electric industry, from its nineteenth-century origins to twenty-first-century market restructuring.
9780262330985
Electric utilities--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HD9685.U5 L253 2015
333.793/20973
The Power Brokers : The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (395 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 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.
How the interplay between government regulation and the private sector has shaped the electric industry, from its nineteenth-century origins to twenty-first-century market restructuring.
9780262330985
Electric utilities--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HD9685.U5 L253 2015
333.793/20973