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DEMOCRACY AND REGULATION: How the Public Can Govern Essential Services BY GREG PALAST, JERROLD OPPENHEIM, AND THEO MACGREGOR Pluto Press, London and Virginia WINNER OF ACLU UPTON SINCLAIR AWARD Feb 1, 2003 To order your copy, click here Click on document to read Introduction. Based on work for the United Nations by Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim, and Theo MacGreg ... More» Advocacy at State Regulatory Commissions: Very Basic Skills National Community Action Foundation Conference St. Petersburg, Florida Oct 26, 2006 A slide presentation of the basics that regulatory commissions need from consumer advocates in order to approve programs to assist low-income consumers and how advocates can meet those needs. ... More» The Economics of Low-Income Electricity Efficiency Investment Entergy Corp. Jan 8, 2002 Benefit-by-benefit description of how benefits of low-income energy efficiency exceed costs by 7:1. Submitted to President Bush by Entergy. Similar arguments can be used for cost-effectiveness of low- ... More» The Economics of Poverty: How Investments to Eliminate Poverty Benefit All Americans Entergy Corp. Jun 1, 2006 In a paper recently published by Entergy Corporation, Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor show that investments to eradicate poverty can pay for themselves – returning to all Americans 3.75 times the ... More» Consumers not benefiting from deregulation Boston Globe Jan 26, 2003 Consumers do not care whether they can choose among competitive retail electricity or gas suppliers. Most find the choice about as welcome as a dinner interrupted by dueling long distance carriers. Wh ... More» The Prospects of Re-regulation: Options for State Level Reforms Presentation to Take Back the Power Conference, National Press Club, Washington Feb 26, 2007 The need for regulatory reform to protect consumers in so-called "deregulated" states and the content of that reform. ... More»    more issues »                                    For help with your project, click here * * AWARD & REVIEWS ACLU Upton Sinclair Award for and other reviews of DEMOCRACY AND REGULATION. •  Upton Sinclair Award (announcement) •  ACLU Upton Sinclair Award (Acceptance) More Papers on * * AWARD & REVIEWS »» * * UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS •  New Investment Needs for the Next Decade and Beyond – The Consumer Perspective •  Jerrold Oppenheim discusses democratizing of regulatory practice at Toronto Roundtable, Institute of Public Administration, December 13. More Papers on * * UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS »» Advocacy Strategies and tactics for effective utility consumer advocacy. •  Working in the Regulatory Arena: A Primer •  Coordination between Utility and DOE Low-Income Weatherization: What do Public Utility Commissioners Need to Know? More Papers on Advocacy »» Biographical Further information about Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor. Also see "Who We Are" tab. •  List of Publications More Papers on Biographical »» Carbon and Climate Carbon, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change: Responding to climate change while protecting low-income consumers. •  Regulating carbon progressively More Papers on Carbon and Climate »» Consumer protection Principles and strategies to provide consumers protection from price volatility and increases due to restructuring, plus general price and other protections assured through democratic regulation of essential services. •  Comments to the FTC Regarding Retail Energy Competition •  Now we're paying for deregulation More Papers on Consumer protection »» Cost-effectiveness Cost-effectiveness of low-income energy efficiency and assistance programs •  Cost-Effectiveness of DCEO Low-Income Electric Efficiency Programs •  The Economics of Education: Public Benefits of High-Quality Preschool Education for Low-Income Children More Papers on Cost-effectiveness »» Democratic Process The process of democratic regulation is based on principles that include transparency, participation, and standards for rate-setting. •  Democratic Control of Public Enterprise in the United States: A History of Regulation and Liberalisation in the Electricity Sector •  Democracy And Energy Regulation More Papers on Democratic Process »» Efficiency Energy efficiency programs targeting low-income and other customers: includes program designs, strategies, economics and benefits. •  Model for a Community Based Program •  Coordination between Utility and DOE Low-Income Weatherization: What do Public Utility Commissioners Need to Know? More Papers on Efficiency »» LEAN Low-Income Energy Affordability Network •  Low-income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN) •  Democratic Public-Private Partnerships More Papers on LEAN »» Low-Income Low-income issues in both regulation and restructuring (Please see Efficiency for low-income efficiency and weatherization) •  Low Income Consumer Utility Issues: A National Perspective •  Analysis of Low-Income Benefits in Determining Cost-effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs More Papers on Low-Income »» Portfolio Management How should resources be acquired? Please also see Provider of Last Resort (POLR). •  Testimony about Extending the Standard Offer for Electricity in Connecticut •  Fighting Price Volatility More Papers on Portfolio Management »» Privatization Privatization of formerly national utilities outside of the US •  Electricity Restructuring in Britain: Not a Model to Follow •  Democratic Public-Private Partnerships More Papers on Privatization »» Provider of Last Resort (POLR) How should electricity be provided to the vast majority of consumers who do not or cannot choose? Who should be the Provider of Last Resort? How should resources be acquired? •  Electricity Service for all Residential Customers after Electricity Industry Restructuring •  Direct Testimony of Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor on behalf of Texas Legal Services Center on POLR Service More Papers on Provider of Last Resort (POLR) »» Restructuring - US Utility deregulation in the US has, by many measures, failed to meet the public interest. Some of the failures have been catastrophic. •  Breakdown in the Electricity Supply: The Experience of California •  US Electric Utilities: A Century of Successful Democratic Regulation of Private Monopolies; A Half-Decade of Failure of Experiments in Competition More Papers on Restructuring - US »»