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

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 - 9:15 --- Welcome

Severin Borenstein, UCEI Director, POWER

 

9:15 - 12:30

"Getting on the Map: The Political Economy of State-Level Electricity Restructuring" by Amy Ando and Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future

"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

"Must Run Generation: Can We Successfuly Mix Regulation and Competition" by John Jurewitz and Robin Walther, Southern California Edison

"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

"Priority Network Access Pricing for Electric Power" by Shijie Deng and Shmuel Oren, UC Berkeley

"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

"Congestion Rents and Oligopolistic Competition in Electricity Networks: An Experimental Investigation" by Jurgen Weiss, Harvard University

Discussant

Steve Stoft, FERC

 

5:00 - 6:00 --- Reception