Description
Book SynopsisHow the deregulation of public services in the US has been a success, why it has failed elsewhere
Trade ReviewThe 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
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
Index
