Drawing the Line on Natural Gas Regulation: The Harvard Study on the Future of Natural Gas [Hardcover]

This eagerly awaited book on natural gas policy promises to be the major work on the subject. The result of theHarvard Study on the Future of Natural Gas, conducted under the auspices of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at the Kennedy School of Government, it is comprised of ten articles reflecting the ideas, discussions, and debates of recognized experts in the field of energy policy. The result is an in-depth analysis of the energy debate including past regulatory policy and its effect on the consumer industry, deregulation and its current and future impact, and other topics of serious concern to the industry. Policy recommendations are also made.

JOSEPH P. KALT is Associate Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Research Fellow at the Energy and Environmental Policy Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.

FRANK C. SCHULLER is Lecturer at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College.

Preface
Participants
Comments by James E. Nugent, Chairman, Railroad Commission of Texas
Introduction: Natural Gas Policy in Turmoil by Joseph P. Kalt and Frank C. Schuller
Part I. The Setting: Markets and Policy
The Outlook for Domestic Supply and Demand by John C. Sawhill
Comments by James R. Gattis, Manager, Natural Gas Planning, Shell Oil Company
U.S. Links to North American Supply Markets by Henry Lee
Comments by Robert B. Catell, Executive Vice President, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Comments by Joseph E. Ramsey, Vice President, Rates and Strategic Planning, Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
The Boundaries Between Regulation and Competition by William W. Hogan
Part II. The Redesign of Regulatory Policy
Market Power and the Possibilities for Competition by Joseph P. Kalt
Comments by John B. Boatwright, Coordinator of Economics, Corporate Planning Department, Exxon Company, U.S.A.
Comments by Frederick E. John, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Southelº