Open AccessElectricity Deregulation in Canada: An Idea Which Has Yet to Be Tried
Author(s) -
Andrew J. Roman
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr503
Subject(s) - deregulation , restructuring , confusion , electricity , government (linguistics) , electric power industry , market economy , business , electricity market , economics , industrial organization , economy , finance , engineering , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , electrical engineering
The author outlines the factors involved in the "deregulation " of government-controlled industries, highlighting confusion caused by that misdescription. The challenges facing the Alberta and Ontario governments in the fledgling efforts at restructuring their electricity industries are illustrated against a backdrop of lessons derived from the attempted "deregulation " of electricity in California, and from the Canadian experience with airline, telecommunications, and natural gas industry restructuring.