Deregulatory Reforms of the Electricity Supply Industry

by Masayuki Yajima

Overview

Worldwide, the electric utility industry has been changing over the last several years as deregulation and privatization have been instituted. These changes in how the industry does business are summarized, and the evolving experience of the deregulation in 15 major countries is analyzed. In addition to the analysis, theoretical models and detailed case studies are provided to illustrate the changes. Utility regulatory agency personnel, utility management staff, and research professionals will all be interested in this work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567200980
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/22/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

MASAYUKI YAJIMA is a Research Fellow at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Japan, and a lecturer on regulatory economics at Gakush-uin University in Japan. Mr. Yajima is recognized internationally for his extensive studies of worldwide electric utility industry changes, and is the author of several books and many jourbanal articles on the subject.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Analysis of Deregulation Models
International Status of Deregulatory Reforms
Case Studies of Deregulatory Reforms
The New Role of Regulation in the Deregulated Electricity Supply Industry
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Examines ongoing changes in the structure and several functions of the industry as deregulation and privatization go on line in Britain, Europe, the US, and Japan over the course of the 1990s. Covers an analysis of deregulation models, the international status of deregulatory reforms, case studies, and the new role of regulation in the deregulated electricity supply industry. Concludes that in order to maintain the most profitable balance of competition and monopoly, regulators must be protected from public pressure to pursue social goals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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