Explaining A Paradox: The Alberta-California Natural Gas Trade Dispute |
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| Authors: | Patrick Impero Wilson |
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| Affiliation: | Patrick Impero Wilson;(PhD, Alberta) is currently visiting assistant professor in political science at the University of Idaho, where he teaches environmental politics, natural resource policy, and American government. His research interests include energy policy, water and land use policy, the cooperative management of international resources, and Canadian provincial politics. |
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| Abstract: | For over 3 years the Alberta government and the California Public Utilities Commission engaged in a bitter dispute over the future of the Alberta-California natural gas trade. This article examines how both sides sought to use their regulatory authority to control the substance of gas trade restructuring. It assesses the dispute as an exercise in deregulatory policymaking and suggests the need for increased study of the role and motivations of subnational regulatory actors. |
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