From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity

by Richard Munson

Book Overview

The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were forced to close production lines, city managers shut down water deliveries, grocery store clerks watched their frozen inventory slowly melt away. Economists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027598740X
• ISBN13: 9780275987404
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"