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It's imperative for the new generation of energy entrepreneurs to make sense of the forces that shaped today's electricity system. Bravo to Jeremiah Lambert for providing both an intriguing and compelling narrative and giving the reader a fighting chance to understand its complex history through the larger-than-life players that shaped it. -- H. James Koehler, Professor of Practice, Energy Structure and Markets, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University This book is a treasure trove of information about the development of our present-day electrical world in the US from its very beginnings in the immediate post-Edison era. -- Michael Brian Schiffer, author of Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison In The Power Brokers, Lambert develops an exquisite case for viewing the construction of state regulatory regimes as a fundamental activity in the creation of the electric power industry. He masterfully shows that the history of deregulation in the power sector was in fact the insertion of a regulated market into the power generation and distribution system. Indeed, Lambert's book -- presented in a wonderfully accessible biographical and straightforward historical style -- is truly radical. -- David C. Brock, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation

About the Author

Jeremiah D. Lambert is a lawyer in Washington, D.C., whose practice focuses on clients in the energy business. He is the author of Energy Companies and Market Reform- How Deregulation Went Wrong and Creating Competitive Power Markets- The PJM Model.

Reviews

Lambert's The Power Brokers: The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry, is a splendid overview of the history of the power business in the U.S.—Power Magazine