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Priming The Invisible Pump
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Terry L. Anderson and Pamela S. Snyder
Country: United States

From the PERC Policy Series. Examines the history and effects of water law in the U.S. from early private property rights to water among Indians and settlers, through government regulation, and on to the current re-emergence of water markets. (2/97)

The plumbing standards improvement act: a step in the right direction
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

The Cato Institute's Congressional testimony on moving toward privatization of water resource allocations. (7/27/99)

Cato handbook for 107th Congress: electricity policy
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

"The entire existing federal apparatus for regulating electricity should be repealed because the market failure rationales for its existence do not exist. ... Congress should also ensure a level economic playing field by privatizing the federal power marketing authorities." (Adobe Acrobat) (01/16/01)

Cato handbook for 105th Congress: electricity deregulation
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

The Cato Institute outlines a program for the real deregulation of the electric power industry to avoid the sort of mess that has befallen California's phony deregulation scheme. (01/12/01)

Deregulation not to blame for dark days
Source: Cascade Policy Institute
Author: Angela Eckhardt
Country: United States

"Deregulation is widely considered the cause of California's electricity crisis. However, California did not deregulate its power industry. An unworkable restructuring, with government imposed price caps and burdensom regulations, is the root of the problem." (1/24/01)

The dawn of micropower
Source: The Economist
Country: United States

Electricity generation may be moving away from mammoth distribuiton networks and in the direction Thomas Edison first visualized: nimble, decentralized power plants in or near homes and offices. (08/03/00)

Using experiments to inform the privatization/deregulation movement in electricity
Source: University of Arizona Economic Science Laborataroy
Author: Stephen J. Rassenti, Vernon L. Smith, and Bart J. Wilson
Country: United States

Sophisticated computer analysis at the University of Arizona has led to some interesting free-market policy recommendations regarding the possibilities of deregulating and privatizing the electricity industry. (02/01)

Demand side bidding will reduce the level and volatility of electricity prices
Source: University of Arizona Economic Science Laborataroy
Author: Stephen J. Rassenti, Vernon L. Smith, and Bart J. Wilson
Country: United States

Flat-rate pricing of electricity for end-users has greatly contributed to the volatility of power availability and pricing. Allowing users to pay different rates at different times of the day would go a long way toward solving this problem, sophisticated computer analysis shows. (02/01)

Time to Overhaul Federal Energy R and D
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Ronald J. Sutherland and Jerry Taylor
Country: United States

"Taxpayers would obtain a higher return on their R&D investments if Congress merged energy programs into a larger budget for scientific R&D or, even better, if Congress eliminated those programs altogether and established in their place tax allowances to supplement private-sector R&D." PDF format.

The Environmental Protection Agency's request for comments on national drinking water regulations for arsenic
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Susan Dudley
Country: United States

The Mercatus Center has provided this response to the Environmental Protection Agency's request for comment on a range of maximum containment levels for arsenic in drinking water. It is available in Adobe PDF. (10/31/01)

Can FERC'S proposed structure adapt to the unknown?
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynne Kiesling and Brian Mannix
Country: United States

This study finds that the best way for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to monitor electricity markets, discipline suppliers, and provide optimal investment motivation is to allow demand-side and supply-side incentives to interact. (PDF file) (11/02)

National energy policy: In need of a more dynamic approach
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynne Kiesling and Adrian Moore
Country: United States

Kiesling and Moore recommend that the Bush administration strip its energy policies down to market-oriented essentials in order to send a clear signal to the Congress as to what constitutes good energy policy. (PDF file) (09/23/02)

Movin' juice: Making electricity transmission more competitive
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynne Kiesling and Adrian T. Moore
Country: United States

"Existing long-distance transmission infrastructure is insufficient to support the changes that have come about in the industry since the deregulation of the early 1990s that led to the dramatic increase in the trade of generated electricity." (PDF file) (09/02/03)

Perchlorate in drinking water scientific collaboration in defining safety
Source: American Council on Science and Health
Author: Daland R. Juberg
Country: United States

This report evaluates the allegations of the health risks from perchlorate in drinking water as alleged by the Environmental Working Group. It is available in Adobe PDF. (01/02)

Evaluating the Case for Renewable Energy: Is Government Support Warranted?
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren
Country: United States

This study "debunks the claim that conventionally generated electricity should be priced to reflect its pollution costs, thereby increasing the demand for renewable energy sources." It is available in Adobe PDF. (01/10/02)

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