Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-H ) was Mayor of Cleveland when he faced a "hard ball" maneuver by the predecessor of First Energy, the Ohio electric company in the current news. He writes about it in a blog posting "Lights Out on Deregulation" at Lessig's blog. It is an interesting piece of first-party history on the issues of electric power deregulation and allegations of attempted monopolization. The posting has attracted a string of comments from the public.
DougSimpson.com/blog