The motives for the deregulation movement. Telecommunications, Natural Gas 5. Monopoly power and access to the customer. The electric utility balance sheet. California, New Hampshire, New York, and others.
Electricity is already lower priced than in most places.
The current status of deregulation in Idaho. The utility viewpoint from an industry representative. This necessitates regular attendance and requires class participation, therefore a portion of your grade will be a function of attendance and participation. As one may imagine this topic has many facets. Therefore during the first six weeks of class we shall become familiar with the underlying economics, the current system of electric utility regulation, and the current operation of electric utilities.