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Exporting 'America' to the World   Fortnightly Magazine -
February 2007  It appears that American-style public utility
regulation has become a major “intellectual property” export to
many of the world regions including most of Europe, Asia, Latin
America, the Caribbean, and Far East. As these countries have
turned to private investment to fund new infrastructure, or
acquire existing electricity and natural-gas utility
infrastructure, the need for a mechanism to regulate private
investment was paramount. Outside of the European Union (EU),
U.S.-style regulation was introduced as an attraction to private
investment. Within the EU the establishment of independent
regulatory agencies has been, in some cases, solely to meet EU
requirements of mandatory liberalization, i.e., introduction of
competition in electricity supply.  Where there has been
privatization or liberalization, investors have mo