Nice work if you can get it

By John Dunbar

Political patronage rules in state utility commissions

Excerpts from this story referencing "Public Utilities":

"… in the commission's Office of Public Counsel.Marsha H. Smith of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission served as deputy attorney general in the business regulation/co …"

"… of the Idaho Attorney General and as deputy attorney general for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.Robert B. Nelson, former commissioner of the Michigan Public Se …"

"… Attorney General's Office.Thomas Getz, before coming to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, was an attorney with the New York Consumer Protection Board.Ja …"

"… ounsel for Reliant Energy for 12 years. And Michael Peevey of California's Public Utilities Commission, a former unpaid adviser to Gov. Gray Davis and Power Associati …"

How Britain eavesdropped on Dublin

LONDON, July 16, 1999 — This article was originally published in The Independent (Britain), July 16, 1999. It is reprinted here with permiss

Defending the internal water empire

They may talk free-market privatization abroad, but internally France closely guards its own borders against foreign water companies
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Metered to death

By Jacques Pauw

How a water experiment in South Africa caused riots and a cholera epidemic

The 'aguas' tango

By Daniel Santoro

Cashing in on Buenos Aires' privatization

Loaves, fishes and dirty dishes

By Roel Landingin

Manila's privatized water can't handle the pressure
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A tale of two cities

By María Teresa Ronderos

Flooded streets and backed up sewers plague Columbian city

Excerpts from this story referencing "Bogotá":

"… ter this company." …"

"… eighborhoods often backed up because the pipes were below the level of the Bogotá River."Many times I could not go to work because I had to stay home and he …"

"… ad no access to tap water and had to collect rainwater in buckets and pans.Bogotá is a fast-growing city of 7 million people spread across a broad plateau, …"

"… wing city of 7 million people spread across a broad plateau, the Sabana de Bogotá, which sweeps up the forested slopes of the Andes, 2,600 meters (8,500 fee …"

Low rates, needed repairs lure 'big water' to Uncle Sam's plumbing

By Erika Hobbs

Low rates, needed repairs lure 'big water' to Uncle Sam's plumbing

State utility commissions fail transparency test

By John Dunbar and Leah Rush

Half of states fail Center survey

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