7th Annual POWER Conference on
Energy Research and Policy
March 22, 2002
Clark Kerr Campus
Joseph Wood Krutch Theatre
2601 Warring Street
University of
California, Berkeley
THE CONFERENCE
Organized by the University of California Energy Institute's (UCEI) Center for the Study of Energy Markets (CSEM), the conference presents the work of leading researchers on some of the most challenging issues facing the electricity industry. This year, the papers directly address issues of climate change, cap-and-trade mechanism, tariff restructuring, energy efficiency, and electricity market design. Discussants of the work will include both researchers and practitioners.
Agenda
8:00 - 9:00 --- Registration
Discussants:
Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Paul Joskow, MIT
"Efficiency and Competition with Forward Contracts: A Laboratory Experiment Motivated by Electricity Market Design," Jordi Brandts, Institut de Analysis Economico, Paul Pezanis-Christou , Institut de Analysis Economico and Arthur Schram, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Discussants:
Ed Kahn, Analysis Group
Robert Wilson, Stanford University
1:45 - 5:00
"The 'Make or Buy' Decision in U.S. Electricity Generating Investments," Jun Ishii, UC Irvine and Jingming Yan , Cornerstone Research
Discussants:
Kenneth Cory, Calpine
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley and UCEI
"Market Outcomes and Generator Behaviour in the England and Wales Wholesale Electricity Market, 1995-2000," Andrew Sweeting, MIT
Discussants:
Catherine Wolfram, UCEI
Steve Puller, Texas A&M University