Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future

摘要

Public utility is not a thing or a single type of enterprise, but an ongoing, open-ended project; a collective undertaking that is distinctively American and one that, even now, well past its hundredth birthday, is still very much up for grabs. The choice of making a low-carbon future can only be realized if it is approached as a shared, political choice-a choice that will require a significant amount of statecraft, public participation, and private enterprise, a choice that calls for a revitalized understanding of public utility.