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Author Chick, Martin, 1958-

Title Electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945 / Martin Chick
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 205 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Shifting from coal to oil : what price security? -- The European coal and steel community -- Moving the margin to the centre : pricing electricity -- Electricity investment : rewarding the past, discounting the future -- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation -- Conclusion
Summary Covers such issues as: nationalisation and privatisation; regulation, deregulation and liberalisation; marginal cost pricing; investment appraisal; the OPEC oil price hikes of the 1970s; the European Coal and Steel Community; domestic and international threats to national energy security; and the electricity blackouts in California
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-193) and index
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Subject Energy policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Energy policy -- France -- History -- 20th century
Energy policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Electric utilities -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Electric utilities -- France -- History -- 20th century
Electric utilities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Electric utilities
Energy policy
France
Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book