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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Greg Palast , Jerrold Oppenheim , Theo MacGregorPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.406kg ISBN: 9780745319421ISBN 10: 0745319424 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 20 December 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsDemocracy and Regulation: Introduction 1. Secrecy, Democracy And Regulation 2. Regulating In Public 3. Competition As Substitute For Regulation? Britain To California 4. Re-Regulation Is Not Deregulation 5. The Open Regulatory Process 6. Social Pricing 7. Issues That Are Publicly Decided 8. An Alternative: Democratic Negotiations 9. Be There: A Guide To Public Participation 10. A History Of Democratic Utility Regulation In The US 11. Regulating The Multinational Utility 12. Failed Experiments In The UK And The US 13. The Biggest Failures: California And Enron 14. International Democracy – Developing And Developed Countries 15. Conclusion Notes IndexReviewsThis volume discusses governmental regulation of public utilities--firms supplying electricity, gas, telephones, and water. Regulation works best, the authors argue, when regulators adhere to the democratic process: public access to information, public participation in setting prices. The US democratic process is generally superior to that elsewhere, e.g., in South Africa, India, Peru, the UK, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, and other countries. The authors (an economist-reporter, a lawyer, and a regulator) have a wealth of experience in utility regulation, and it is evident on every page. The recent electricity crisis in California (and Enron's participation) receives considerable attention. Throughout the book the democratic process receives most of the credit or blame. Unfortunately, the economic analysis is either weak or incomplete (e.g., no mention of the contribution to the California electricity crisis of either the drought in the Pacific Northwest or the prohibition of forward contracts). The authors' detailed description of the US utility regulatory system will be especially useful to those new to the topic. A companion source of information to this book is a Web site containing updates and additional documentation. Summing Up: Recommended. Public and undergraduate library collections. -- R. A. Miller, Wesleyan University in CHOICE The authors (an economist-reporter, a lawyer, and a regulator) have a wealth of experience in utility regulation, and it is evident on every page. The recent electricity crisis in California (and Enron's participation) receives considerable attention. Throughout the book the democratic process receives most of the credit or blame. The authors' detailed description of the US utility regulatory system will be especially useful to those new to the topic. -- R. A. Miller, Wesleyan University in CHOICE Author InformationGreg Palast has provided expert advice on regulation to government, labor, consumer and industry organisations in eight nations for over twenty-five years. He won the 1997 Financial Times David Thomas Prize for business journalism. His book of journalism for Pluto Press, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, was published in April 2002 and has sold over 70,000 copies worldwide. Jerrold Oppenheim has lectured and published widely in the US and internationally on public utility and consumer law topics. Theo MacGregor was until 1998, director of the Electric Power Division of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy 9DTE), the state's utility regulator and now runs MacGregor Energy Consultancy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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