Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • The theory of natural monopoly
  • - The U.S. electric markets, structure, and regulations
  • Economics (and econometrics) of cost modeling
  • Case study: Breaking up Bells
  • Cost models
  • Case study: Can rural elecltric cooperatives survive in a restructured U.S. electric market? An empirical analysis
  • A test of vertical economies for non-vertically integrated firms : the case of rural electric cooperatives
  • Load forecasting: the "demand" for electricity
  • Efficient pricing of electricity
  • Case study: The California debacle (or what not to do)