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Revisiting The "New Directions" Report, Charles Colgan
Revisiting The "New Directions" Report, Charles Colgan
Maine Policy Review
This article is based on a presentation at the Pure '93 Conference last January. Charles Colgan discusses Maine's recent policies on telecommunication. Colgan, former state economist, provided the staff support for Governor Joseph Brennan's report "New Directions in Telecommunications Policy." The analysis of telecommunications policies of the two recent Maine gubernatorial administrations [Brennan and McKernan] reveals a surprisingly common core over the entire period since the AT&T divestiture.
Telecommunications: Maine's Best Kept Secret, Richard Silkman
Telecommunications: Maine's Best Kept Secret, Richard Silkman
Maine Policy Review
This article is based on a presentation at the Pure '93 Conference last January. Richard Silkman discusses Maine's recent policies on telecommunication. Silkman, as Governor John McKernan's Director of the State Planning Office, was often the lead spokesman on telecommunications policy for the current governor. The analysis of telecommunications policies of the two recent Maine gubernatorial administrations [Brennan and McKernan] reveals a surprisingly common core over the entire period since the AT&T divestiture.
Two Case Studies In Local Cable Renewal, George F. Burns
Two Case Studies In Local Cable Renewal, George F. Burns
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about their cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought …
The 1992 Cable Act: Consumer Protection And Customer Service, Barbara Krause
The 1992 Cable Act: Consumer Protection And Customer Service, Barbara Krause
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought by …
Examining Alternative Forms Of Utility Regulation: The Incentives And Disincentives Of The Regulatory Structure, Ralph Gelder, Edward Dinan, David Flanagan, Joseph Donahue
Examining Alternative Forms Of Utility Regulation: The Incentives And Disincentives Of The Regulatory Structure, Ralph Gelder, Edward Dinan, David Flanagan, Joseph Donahue
Maine Policy Review
The traditional form of regulating public utilities—command-and-control—has been found inadequate by some to cope with marketplace changes that have introduced competition into previously monopolistic markets. Alternative forms of regulation, particularly incentive regulation, have been developed in various areas of the nation in response to the new competitive utility environment. In these four short articles, former Maine Public Utilities Commission chair Ralph Gelder, New England Telephone Vice President for Maine, Edward Dinan, and Central Maine Power Company Vice President David Flanagan discuss these emergent utility issues. A fourth and quite different view of the present regulatory system and its alternatives is …
The Vta Agreement: How Has It Done?, Richard Sedano
The Vta Agreement: How Has It Done?, Richard Sedano
Maine Policy Review
The dramatic changes in telecommunications in the past decade have caused many states to try new approaches to the regulation of local telephone companies. The "Vermont Telecommunications Agreement" was one of the earliest attempts at such innovative regulatory approaches. To learn more about that experience, the PURE '93 conference and Maine Policy Review invited representatives with three different perspectives on the Vermont experience to share their observations.
The Vermont Telecommunications Agreement, Thomas Aulisio
The Vermont Telecommunications Agreement, Thomas Aulisio
Maine Policy Review
The dramatic changes in telecommunications in the past decade have caused many states to try new approaches to the regulation of local telephone companies. The "Vermont Telecommunications Agreement" was one of the earliest attempts at such innovative regulatory approaches. To learn more about that experience, the PURE '93 conference and Maine Policy Review invited representatives with three different perspectives on the Vermont experience to share their observations.
Applications, Not Technology, David W. Amidon
Applications, Not Technology, David W. Amidon
Maine Policy Review
The dramatic changes in telecommunications in the past decade have caused many states to try new approaches to the regulation of local telephone companies. The "Vermont Telecommunications Agreement" was one of the earliest attempts at such innovative regulatory approaches. To learn more about that experience, the PURE '93 conference and Maine Policy Review invited representatives with three different perspectives on the Vermont experience to share their observations.
Regulatory Updates: The Maine Waste Management Agency
Regulatory Updates: The Maine Waste Management Agency
Maine Policy Review
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The Private Sector’S Comparative Advantage, Tom Sawyer
The Private Sector’S Comparative Advantage, Tom Sawyer
Maine Policy Review
At the "Rethinking State Government" conference held at the University of Maine in January 1993, a panel explored the issue of privatization, of using private enterprise to provide public sector services. Tom Sawyer provides his perspective as a private environmental services contractor.
Cable Rate Regulation Provisions, Lisa S. Gelb, Frederick E. Ellrod Iii
Cable Rate Regulation Provisions, Lisa S. Gelb, Frederick E. Ellrod Iii
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought by …