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Electricity Acts

In the 1990s, the British government turned its whole electricity system upside down and inside out, privatizing and deregulating the utilities. The British model spread worldwide–even to America. How did the British industry get into a state that required a revolution, and what did this revolution really accomplish?

The electricity revolution in Britain created millions of winners and losers—consumers, coal miners, nuclear operators, investors, executives and politicians—and the same process is ongoing in the United States. To be on the winning side, read Electricity Acts to learn how to survive and even thrive.

Leonard S. Hyman, the author of America’s Electric Utilities: Past, Present and Future, headed utility research at one of America’s largest brokerage houses and was an early advocate of utility deregulation. He was part of a banking team that worked with industry and government during and after the U.K.’s electricity privatization and that led him to investigate how the electricity market developed in the United Kingdom, why the British did what they did, and what followed from all the effort. This book tells the story.

Who benefits from reading this book?

• Utility executives who have to navigate a new regulatory and financial framework
• Regulators and policy makers seeking to avoid the mistakes made in the United Kingdom
• Consumer advocates who want the average electricity user to come out ahead
• Policy makers seeking ways to assure reliability when the market does not
• Investment bankers looking for deals
• Private equity and infrastructure investors on the prowl for acquisitions
• Lenders assessing credit risk in an evolving industry
• Investors who want to avoid risks and maximize returns
• Nuclear and renewable promoters looking for support in a new market

Dimensions and Features:

AUTHOR: LEONARD HYMAN

ISBN: 978-0-910325-38-7
7 x 10 inches
Paperback
502 pages
(c) 2017


Table of Contents:

Author’s Preface
Introduction
PART ONE
Inventors, Investors and Interfering Politicians: Getting the Business Going
Chapter 1: In the Beginning (1800-1887)
Chapter 2: Growth and Scale (1888-1909)
Chapter 3: Searching for Structure (1909-1926)
Chapter 4: Before the Grid: UK vs USA (1882-1926)
PART TWO
The “Gridiron:” Rationally Reorganizing the Industry
Chapter 5: Building the Grid (1926-1933)
Chapter 6: The CEB Takes Charge (1933-1942)
Chapter 7: Scotland and the TVA of the North (1885-1943)
Chapter 8: The Road to Nationalization (1942-1947)
Chapter 9: The CEB Delivered the Goods: UK vs USA (1926-1946)
PART THREE
Scientific Socialists and Nuclear Conservatives: Nationalized Electricity
Chapter 10: The Citrine Era (1947-1957)
Chapter 11: The Nuclear Push (1957-1970)
Chapter 12: Slowdown, Strike and Privatization (1970-1990)
Chapter 13: Nationalization’s Semi Success: UK vs USA (1947-1990)
PART FOUR
Capitalism Triumphant: Return to Private Ownership
Chapter 14: Packaging and Selling an Industry (1990-1991)
Chapter 15: Debugging the System (1991-1994)
Chapter 16: The Tories Finish the Job (1995-1997)
Chapter 17: Privatization’s Seven Fat Years (1990-1997)
Chapter 18: Labor Restructures (1997-2001)
Chapter 19: After the Pool (2001-2011)
Chapter 20: The Coalition Changes the Course (2010-2015)
Chapter 21: Twenty Five Years Privatized: UK vs USA (1990-2015)
PART FIVE
Political Power and Power Politics: Real World Lessons and the Triumph of Technology
Chapter 22: Power, Politics, Consumers and Technology
Appendix: Technics and Metrics
Appendix: Statistical Tables
Bibliography
Index

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