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Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved.
[Episode originally released only to subscribers on 20 June 2024. Join us at patreon.com/bungacast]
Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer on energy and power, and an editor at Damage, talks to Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips about the utility of utilities and his recent essay in the second print issue of Damage, "Deinstitutionalized"./
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What actually is a utility: is it a question of ownership, structure, purpose..?
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How did the 70s energy crisis, neoliberal economics, and environmentalism create a perfect storm that broke up regulated utilities?
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How does the regulatory regime on energy in the US actually work?
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Why have environmentalists been so keen to line up with neoliberal deregulation and to attack utilities – in Europe as well as the US?
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Why should the left think about a restoration of the investor-owned utility model, and not just jump straight to public ownership?
Links:
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The Utility of Utilities, Fred Stafford & Matt Huber, Damage
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Big Public Power from the Atom, Matt Huber & Fred Stafford, Damage
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Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System, Richard F Hirsch
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