Electricity Deregulation in Canada: An Idea Which Has Yet to Be Tried

Authors

  • Andrew J. Roman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/alr503

Keywords:

Energy Law, Petroleum Law

Abstract

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.

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Vol 40, No 1: Petroleum Law Edition

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