Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviation and Units -- Privatization, Restructuring, and Regulation of Network Utilities -- Introduction -- The Problem of Regulatory Commitment -- Ownership of Network Utilities -- Theories of Regulation -- Introducing Competition into Network Utilities --...

A short history of deregulation -- Recent regulatory history -- Enron -- Deregulation -- Notes -- Corporate self-regulation: form versus substance -- The monitoring board -- Northeast Utilities: a failed competitive strategy -- Cost containment -- Cost containment versus safety regulation --...