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The book provides no basic introduction to the industry, which, while not needed for those versed in utility regulation, would be helpful to more general readers. For more detail, see, e.g., Philipson and Willis (2006).
From the discussion in the book, this was apparently the situation in Australia, but in the general case the term “privatization” would apply only to the sale of state or municipal utility assets, ignoring the case of investor-owned, but publicly regulated companies, common in many jurisdictions. The term “deregulation” is more general, but does not have its own entry in the book’s index.
This view although widespread is not universal. See, e.g., Primeaux (1985).
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Philipson, L., & Willis, H. L. (2006). Understanding electric utilities and de-regulation. In H. L. Willis (Ed.), Power engineering. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
Primeaux, Walter J. (1985). Direct electric utility competition: The natural monopoly myth. New York: Praeger Publishers.
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Sollars, G.G. Meta-Regulation in Practice: Beyond Normative Views of Morality and Rationality by F.C. Simon. J Bus Ethics 161, 231–234 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04354-x
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