实际上，目前在能源管理上的情形在许多方面有所恶化，在过去的 20 年中，私人化的倡导者认为私有化会提高效率和降低能耗，但由于缺乏适当的监管和法律体系，许多管理不善的国家在能源领域催生出大规模贪腐行为。
Indeed, in many ways, the situation has been getting worse. Over the past two decades, advocates of privatization have promised greater efficiencies and lower energy prices, but the failure to accompany privatization with appropriate regulation and enforcement has left many countries with poorly governed and often deeply corrupt energy sectors.