Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically review the state of utility regulation and competition policy. Contents: Introduction 1. The Future of the Railways in the Light of the Government#s Rail Review 2004 # Tom Winsor, Comment # Stephen Glaister 2. International Trade in Gas and Prospects for UK Gas Supplies # Nigel Cornwall, Comment # John Michell 3. The Economics and Politics of Wind Power # David Simpson, Comment # Alistair Buchanan 4. The Competition Appeal Tribunal: Five Years On # Christopher Bellamy, Comment # George Yarrow 5. A Year Under Ofcom # Robin Mason 6. Trying to Make Sense of Abuse of a Dominant Position # Thomas Sharpe, Comment # John Vickers 7. The Role of Economics in Merger Review # John Fingleton, Comment # Leonard Waverman, Comment on Mergers and Comparative Competition in the Water Industry # Philip Fletcher 8. Privatisation and Regulation in Developing Countries # David Parker and Colin Kirkpatrick, Comment # Colin Robinson Index