The future will be in gas fired plants and renewables regardless of whether it's public or private. A public system would also let us give OPG a strong energy conservation mandate. All options to save energy should be thoroughly explored before any new supply is built. Some say the California case was botched in ways that are unique to it. The UK and Scandinavia pulled off deregulation very effectively.
Every case has some factors that are unique.
We're in better shape in terms of supply thanks to the plants Hydro built in the past under public power. It shows that in the UK, while rates did decline, they would have declined more if it weren't for deregulation and privatization. In most other cases, especially for residential customers, the study found it difficult to credit deregulation with substantial price decreases. In the case of the demand supply plan the public process worked. Under our government the plan was cancelled.