gone quite poorly is a relative term. If your perspective is the wealth creation for the new private owners of the utilities, it has gone very very well in fact

gone quite poorly is a relative term. If your perspective is the wealth creation for the new private owners of the utilities, it has gone very very well in fact as they have made lots of money. But there are few, if any examples anywhere in the world where privatization of public utilities has made the services cheaper or better for the consumers.