December 19, 2007 By James Kimer

China Inspired by Russian Energy Integration?

Here’s an interesting one from Daniel Altman at IHT:

China already has a tough time generating enough energy to supply its rapidly growing economy. But with a successful bid from China to operate the power grid in the Philippines, I wonder whether it will be long before China pursues the same vertical integration strategy for energy that Russia has sought: complete domination of the generation, distribution and sale of energy to the public.