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BL
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1046917
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b801287
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| Main Entry
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Hampton, Howard.
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| Title & Author
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Public power : : the fight for publicly owned electricity /\ Howard Hampton ; with Bill Reno.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto, ON :: Insomniac Press,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (298 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1897414889
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: 9781897414880
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1894663446
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9781894663441
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-286) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction; 1. The White Coal of Niagara; 2. The Triumph of Democracy; 3. The People's Power Company; 4. Rural Electrification, Farm Modernization; 5. The Queenston-Chippawa Project; 6. The Radials Controversy; 7. Public Power in the United States; 8. The Politics of Power; 9. The Natural Gas Betrayal; 10. Nuclear Ontario; 11. The NDP Years: 1990-1995; 12. The British Disaster; 13. The American Disaster -- Part 1; 14. The American Disaster -- Part 2; 15. The Ontario Disaster -- Part 1; 16. The Ontario Disaster -- Part 2; 17. The Inevitable Failure of Deregulation.
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Deregulating electricity prices and privatizing publicly owned power system assets has been an economic disaster in North America and elsewhere. Instead of the promised abundance of lower-priced power, states and provinces that have embraced deregulation and privatization are now experiencing astonishing price spikes and unexpected shortages. Taking us from the very beginnings of the electricity industry in the 1880s right up to the present day, Howard Hampton vividly recounts the dramatic political struggles between public and private power in both Canada and the United States, a moving story.
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Electric utilities-- Government ownership-- Canada.
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Electric utilities-- Government ownership-- United States.
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Privatization-- Canada.
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Privatization-- United States.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Nationalisations-- Ontario.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Privatisation-- États-Unis.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Privatisation-- Ontario.
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Electric utilities-- Government ownership.
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Privatization.
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Canada.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.793/2/0971
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HD9685.C2H36 2003eb
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| Added Entry
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Reno, Bill.
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