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By Greg Palast


Democracy and Regulation: How And Why the Public Should Govern Essential Services
Presentation to the International Association for Energy Economics, New England Chapter, Cambridge, Mass.
March 26, 2003
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US electricity industry deregulation has had significant adverse impacts on price, price stability, risk, reliability, service quality, employment, low-income protection, and environmental emissions. Recent market manipulations are reminiscent of those which caused the evolution of democratic regulation of railroads and utilities over the last 134 years.