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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Dieter Helm and Andrew Powell ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, February 1992
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 89-105
The privatisation of utilities was advocated as a policy which would enhance efficiency. Ultimately, these efficiency gains would benefit customers, resulting in lower prices and / or higher-quality outputs. In the electricity supply industry, privatisation was accompanied by a much more explicit attempt to restructure the industry, with the aim of enhancing competitive pressure. The 1980s witnessed a succession of attempts to introduce competition into the electricity industry. The 1983 Energy Act addressed entry conditions, but in practice left the dominant incumbent, the state-owned Central Electricity Generating Board, in a position to manipulate the tariffs to the disadvantage of entrants (Hammond, Helm and Thompson 1986). Search |
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