Nothing to gain, plenty to lose: Why the government, households and businesses could end up paying a high price for electricity privatisation

http://mckellinstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Electricity-Privatisation-version-1.pdf 
This report was first released in December 2014, but is has  again been raised by Unions in Australia in this past eek during the Union Appearances before a Parliamentary Committee in the State of New South Wales is a solid report , well worth reading and contains a wide range of points and economic, social arguments for retention of the network asserts in Public sector hands.