Papers presented at the POWER Seventh Annual Research Conference on Electricity Industry Restructuring  

"Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets: A Study of Electricity Restructuring," Erin Mansur, UC Berkeley [slides]

"An Empirical Analysis of Market Efficiency in the ISO New England Electricity Market," James Bushnell, UCEI and Celeste Saravia, UC Berkeley [slides]

Discussion by:
Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Paul Joskow, MIT [slides]
 

''Stability of Supply Function Equilibria: Implications for Daily vs. Hourly Bids in a Poolco Market,'' Ross Baldick , University of Texas and William Hogan, Harvard University [slides]

"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

Discussion by:
Ed Kahn, Analysis Group
Robert Wilson, Stanford University [slides]

Session III

"Trend in Electricity Consumption, Peak Demand, and Generating Capacity in California and the Western Grid, 1977-2000," Jolanka Fisher and Timothy Duane, UC Berkeley. [slides]

"The 'Make or Buy' Decision in U.S. Electricity Generating Investments," Jun Ishii, UC Irvine and Jingming Yan , Cornerstone Research

Discussion by:
Kenneth Cory, Calpine
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley and UCEI [slides]
 

"Retail Competition and Electricity Contracts," Richard Green, University of Hull [slides]

"Market Outcomes and Generator Behaviour in the England and Wales Wholesale Electricity Market, 1995-2000," Andrew Sweeting, MIT [slides]

Discussion by:
Catherine Wolfram, UCEI [slides]
Steve Puller, Texas A&M University