Property Rights and the Crisis of the Electric Grid
By Raymond C. Niles
The Electricity Entrepreneurs
The achievement of the electricity entrepreneurs is one of America’s greatest success stories. Sprung from the mind of Thomas Edison in 1878, electric light was first deployed along Pearl Street in downtown Manhattan in 1882, powered by America’s first commercial electric grid. Electric lighting initially cost much more than…
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