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

"Why Did British Electricity Prices Fall After 1998?," Joanne Evans and Richard Green, University of Hull. [slides]

"Auctions and Trading in Energy Markets: An Economic Analysis," David Newbery and Tanga McDaniel, University of Cambridge. [slides]

Discussion by:
Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago [slides]
Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley and UCEI [slides]
 

''The California Electricity Crisis: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Changing the Market Rules,'' Timothy Mount, Christian Vossler, Robert Thomas, and Ray Zimmerman, Cornell University. [slides]

"On the Efficiency of  Transmission Congestion Contract Markets in New York," Afzal Siddiqui, Emily Bartholomew, Chris Marnay, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Shmuel Oren, UC Berkeley. [slides]

Discussion by:
Jim Bushnell, UC Berkeley and UCEI   [slides]
Chris Knittel, UC Davis  [slides]

Session III

"Using Environmental Emissions Permit Prices to Raise Electricity Prices: Evidence from the California Electricity Market," Jonathan Kolstad and Frank Wolak, Stanford University. [slides]

"Price Wars and Collusion in the Spanish Electricity Market," Natalia Fabra, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Juan Toro, Oxford University and centrA. [slides]

Discussion by:
Ed Kahn, Analysis Group
Steve Puller, Texas A&M University [slides]
 

"Time-Varying Retail Electricity Prices: Theory and Practice," Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley and UCEI. [slides]

"Is Real-time Pricing Green?," Stephen Holland, UCEI, and Erin Mansur, Yale University. [slides]

Discussion by:
Larry Ruff, Charles River Associates 
Ben Hobbs, Johns Hopkins University [slides]