عنوان

Selling power :

شابک

022639977X

شابک

9780226399775

شابک اشتباه

022639963X

شابک اشتباه

9780226399638

عنوان اصلي

Selling power :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

economics, policy, and electric utilities before 1940 /

نام نخستين پديدآور

John L. Neufeld.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

London :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2016.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource

عنوان فروست

Markets and governments in economic history

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

The economics of electric utilities -- Early commercialization -- The first electric utilities -- The adoption of state commission rate regulation -- Growth and growing pains -- Public utility holding companies: opportunity and crisis -- Public utility holding companies: indictment and "death sentence" -- Hydroelectricity and the federal government -- Rural electrification -- Conclusion and a look forward from 1940.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

We remember Thomas Edison as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, but he deserves credit for something much larger, an even more singular invention that profoundly changed the way the world works: the modern electric utility industry. Edison's light bulb was the first to work within a system where a utility generated electricity and distributed it to customers for lighting. The story of how electric utilities went within one generation from prototype to an indispensable part of most Americans' lives is a story about the relationships between political and technological change. John L. Neufeld offers a comprehensive historical treatment of the economics that shaped electric utilities. Compared with most industries, the organization of the electric utility industry is not--and cannot be--economically efficient. Most industries are kept by law in a state of fair competition, but the capital necessary to start an electric company--generators, transmission and distribution systems, and land and buildings--is so substantial that few companies can enter the market and compete. Therefore, the natural state of the electric utility industry since its inception has been a monopoly subject to government oversight. These characteristics of electric utilities--and electricity's importance--have created over time sharp political controversies, and changing public policies have dramatically changed the industry's structure to an extent matched by few other industries. Neufeld outlines the struggles that shaped the industry's development, and shows how the experience of electric utilities provides insight into the design of economic institutions, including today's new large-scale markets.

عنوان

Selling power.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780226399638

موضوع مستند نشده

Electric utilities-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Real Estate-- General.

موضوع مستند نشده

Electric utilities.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

BUS-- 054000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Neufeld, John L.

تاريخ عمليات

20200822102303.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y