Urban Amenities: Electricity, Gas, and Tramways

Malcolm Abbott () and Bruce Cohen ()
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Malcolm Abbott: Stanley College

Chapter Chapter 9 in Monopoly Control, 2023, pp 183-235 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the decades after federationfederation, one of the most important networknetwork utility developments involved the construction of large-scale electricity generation plant and regional transmission grids. Although electricity began to be used for public purposes in the 1880s its impact was only slight before federationfederation. In the years between federationfederation and World War II, however, electricity consumption grew substantially both in absolute terms and per capita. Whereas GDPGross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaged around 2 per cent per annum over the whole of that period electricity consumption grew at around 8–10 per cent.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2726-5_9

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