Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case
  • HBS Case Collection

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:20
ShareBar

Abstract

The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power generators, has emerged as highly profitable under private ownership, yet faces challenges with respect to an increasingly hostile regulatory environment. In addition, the firm, under chairman John Baker, is debating whether to explore opportunities for expansion and diversification in foreign markets.

Keywords

Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

Citation

Emmons, Willis M., III, and Ed Simnett. "National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry." Harvard Business School Case 796-066, November 1995. (Revised November 1999.)
  • Find it at Harvard

About The Author

Willis M. Emmons

→More Publications

More from the Authors

    • August 2023 (Revised October 2023)
    • Faculty Research

    Beyond the Barricades: Chile 2023

    By: Debora Spar, Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
    • February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
    • Faculty Research

    Doing Business in Santiago, Chile

    By: Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
    • June 2006 (Revised July 2009)
    • Faculty Research

    MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council

    By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace
More from the Authors
  • Beyond the Barricades: Chile 2023 By: Debora Spar, Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
  • Doing Business in Santiago, Chile By: Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
  • MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.