Power Struggle: The Hundred Year War Over Electricity

Author(s): Richard Rudolph & Scott Ridley (1986)

The hundred year history of the electric power business in the United States. The conflicts between public and private interests are highlighted, as well as the politics behind energy policy.

The Last Energy War: The Battle Over Utility Deregulation

Author: Harvey Wasserman (1999)

“Waging constant war against public ownership, the industry could have gone solar in the 1950s, but opted for the trillion-dollar dead end of atomic energy. Now, through deregulation, it wants YOU to pay.”