Energy, the state, and the market
Subtitle: British energy policy since 1979
By: Dieter Helm.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Energy policy -- Great Britain; Energy industries -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Privatization -- Great Britain
Description: "This book is a major study of the new market approach to energy policy in Britain since 1979. It describes the miners' strike, the privatizations of the gas, electricity, nuclear generation, and coal industries, and looks at events such as the dash for gas, regulatory failures in setting monopoly prices, and the takeovers and consolidations of the late 1990s. Helm sets out the achievements of the new market philosophy, but also analyses why it has ultimately failed to turn energy industries into normal commodity businesses."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [426]-448) and index.