Abstract
The book reviews the history of Statkraft, and more generally the role of the state and its commitments in the Norwegian electricity sector, beginning with the very first state purchases of waterfalls in the 1890s. The account continues with the state-led expansion during the years before World War 1, the retraction in the 1920s and 30s and the new wave of more robust expansion that started after WW2. The post-90s phase of economic liberalisation takes the story up to the present day. Hoeyre's 2005 proposal to privatise Statkraft was completely in line with current international thinking. Since the early 1990s, many countries in Europe and elsewhere in the world have deregulated the national electricity supply and followed up by fully or partly privatising production and distribution. In Norway, however, the state enterprise and the local authority-owned companies have survived the privatising trend more or less intact. One important factor was that the 2005 election brought in a new government by a 'red-green' coalition under the Arbeiderparti leader Jens Stoltenberg. So far, every new attempt to push the privatisation of Statkraft has been effectively blocked by the ruling majority. (Author)
Citation Formats
Skjold, Dag Ove.
Power for generations. The development of Statkraft and the role of the State in Norwegian electrification 1890 - 2009.
Norway: N. p.,
2009.
Web.
Skjold, Dag Ove.
Power for generations. The development of Statkraft and the role of the State in Norwegian electrification 1890 - 2009.
Norway.
Skjold, Dag Ove.
2009.
"Power for generations. The development of Statkraft and the role of the State in Norwegian electrification 1890 - 2009."
Norway.
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title = {Power for generations. The development of Statkraft and the role of the State in Norwegian electrification 1890 - 2009}
author = {Skjold, Dag Ove}
abstractNote = {The book reviews the history of Statkraft, and more generally the role of the state and its commitments in the Norwegian electricity sector, beginning with the very first state purchases of waterfalls in the 1890s. The account continues with the state-led expansion during the years before World War 1, the retraction in the 1920s and 30s and the new wave of more robust expansion that started after WW2. The post-90s phase of economic liberalisation takes the story up to the present day. Hoeyre's 2005 proposal to privatise Statkraft was completely in line with current international thinking. Since the early 1990s, many countries in Europe and elsewhere in the world have deregulated the national electricity supply and followed up by fully or partly privatising production and distribution. In Norway, however, the state enterprise and the local authority-owned companies have survived the privatising trend more or less intact. One important factor was that the 2005 election brought in a new government by a 'red-green' coalition under the Arbeiderparti leader Jens Stoltenberg. So far, every new attempt to push the privatisation of Statkraft has been effectively blocked by the ruling majority. (Author)}
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