Lessons from the failure of U.S. electricity restructuring

Seth A. Blumsack; Jay Apt; Lester B. Lave

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2005.12.008

Lessons from the failure of U.S. electricity restructuring

Seth A. Blumsack, Jay Apt, Lester B. Lave

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Blind faith is unlikely to produce a free market that is competitive. Substituting markets for traditional regulation is only one choice among many policy instruments to achieve a goal of lower prices; such substitution should not be in itself a goal.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-32
Number of pages	18
Journal	Electricity Journal
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2005.12.008
State	Published - Mar 2006

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Energy (miscellaneous)
Law
Management of Technology and Innovation
Business and International Management

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