3rd Annual POWER Conference on
Energy Research and Policy
March 20, 1998
Clark Kerr Campus
Joseph Wood Krutch Theatre
2601 Warring Street
University of
California, Berkeley
THE CONFERENCE
Organized by the University of California's Energy Institute's Program on Workable Energy Regulation, this conference presents the work of leading researchers on electricity industry restructuring. Their work directly addresses a number of critical policy concerns including competition in a deregulated market, market design and financial instruments, ancillary services, and demand-side managment. Discussants of the work will include both researchers and practitioners.
The Agenda
8:00 - 9:00 --- Registration
9:00 - 9:15 --- Welcome
9:15 - 12:30
"Market Design and Price Behavior in Restructured Electricity Markets: An International Comparison" by Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Discussants
Richard Bilas, CPUC
Pablo Spiller, UC Berkeley
Break
"Water and Power: Hydroelectric Resources in the Era of Competition in the Western US" by James Bushnell, UC Energy Institute
Discussants
Matthew White, Stanford University
Yves Smeers, Universite Catholique de Louvain
12:30 - 1:45 --- Luncheon
1:45 - 5:00
"Congestion Management by an Independent System Operator" by Alex Papalexopoulos, Harry Singh, and George Angelidis, Pacific Gas & Electric
Discussants
Robert Wilson, Stanford University
Laura Brien, NERA
Break
Discussant
Steve Stoft, FERC
5:00 - 6:00 --- Reception