The Last Energy War The Battle Over Utility Deregulation

by Wasserman, Harvey

• ISBN13: 9781583220177
• ISBN10: 1583220178
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-07
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

The biggest rip-off of American consumers since the S&Ls is now being perpetrated under the guise of "utility deregulation." The Last Energy War by internationally known ecology activist, journalist, author, and radio commentator Harvey Wasserman dissects the complex and convoluted issues that surround utility deregulation and explains them in simple terms guaranteed to infuriate even the most apathetic consumer. Here is the story of one of the most important anticonsumer, anti-environment corporate maneuvers in decades.

Author Biography

HARVEY WASSERMAN has been called "perhaps the best known reporter on nuclear topics" (by the S.F. Review of Books). New Age Journal says "Harvey Wasserman has staked a valid claim to the long-unfulfilled position of historian for a new, emerging generation." Author of Harvey Wasserman’s History of the United States, among other books and innumerable articles and essays, he has been writing, speaking, and organizing worldwide on energy issues since 1973.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Prologue: Showdown at Diablo	9	(4)
PART ONE: EARLY ELECTRONS
Alternating Edison	13	(4)
Adding Injury to Insull	17	(6)
PART TWO: NUKING THE NEW DEAL
An Electric New Deal	23	(7)
The Nuclear Delusion	30	(7)
PART THREE: A GREEN SUNRISE
The Solar Threat	37	(8)
No More Nukes	45	(8)
PART FOUR: AN ELECTRIC MILLENNIUM
The Empire Strikes Back	53	(10)
The Last Energy War	63	(10)
Appendix	73	(2)
Sources and Organizations	75