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Book Title: Electricity Restructuring : the Texas Story
Item Length: 9.1in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Andrew N. Kleit, L. Lynne Kiesling
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Physics / Electricity, Power Resources / Electrical, General, Economic Conditions
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for PUBLIC Policy Research
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
