Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System

by Richard F. Hirsh and Richard F Hirsch

Book Overview

In the late 1990s, the formerly staid and monopolistic electric utility industry entered an era of freewheeling competition and deregulation, allowing American consumers to buy electricity from any company offering it. In this book, Richard F. Hirsh explains how and why this radical restructuring has occurred. Hirsh starts by describing the successful campaign waged by utility managers in the first decade of the twentieth century to protect their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262582198
• ISBN13: 9780262582193
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher