Warring tribes : the story of power development in Australia / Robert R. Booth

Suggested by Alex Leemon from GridCog and author of Currently Speaking.

Here’s the table of contents to give you a flavour:

  • Contents: 1. Electrification Australian style
    1. Power development and linking-up schemes
    1. Victoria: the Bellwether state
    1. Victoria: radical change
    1. Victoria: the privatisation bandwagon
    1. New South Wales: the “Premier State”?
    1. Queensland: silk purses and sows’ ears
    1. South Australia: the California of Australia
    1. Tasmania: hydro-industrialisation
    1. Western Australia: the frontier state
    1. The English experiment
    1. California’s electrifying experience
    1. The National Grid Management Council years: always two years ahead
    1. NEM: the Australian experiment
    1. Electrification and energy policy
    1. The pressures to make changes
    1. What the energy markets review should have said
  • Appendix: Electricity production at minimum cost