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

"A Comparison of Price Patterns in Deregulated Power Markets," Peter Flynn and Katherine Ying Li, University of Alberta [slides]

"The Natural Number of Forward Markets for Electricity," Hiroaki Suenaga and Jeffrey Williams, UC Davis [slides]

Discussion by:
Severin Borenstein , UC Berkeley and UCEI [slides]
Christopher R. Knittel, UC Davis [slides]
 

"Reliability and Competitive Electricity Markets," Paul Joskow , MIT and Jean Tirole, Toulouse and MIT [slides]

"Resource Adequacy and Market Power Mitigation via Option Contracts," Hung-po Chao, EPRI and Robert Wilson, Stanford University [slides]

Discussion by:
Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Harry Singh, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Session III

"Testing Strategic Models of Firm Behavior in Restructured Electricity Markets: A Case Study of ERCOT," Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and Steve Puller, Texas A&M [slides]

"Market Structure and Competition: A Cross-Market Analysis of US Electricity Restructuring," James Bushnell, UCEI, Erin Mansur, Yale University and Celeste Saravia, UC Berkeley and UCEI [slides]

Discussion by:
Frank Wolak, Stanford University [slides]
Joe Bowring, PJM
 

"Recent Blackouts in the US , Canada, and Continental Europe: Is Liberalisation to Blame?" Janusz Bialek, University of Edinburgh [slides]

"Has Restructuring Improved Operating Efficiency at US Electricity Generating Plants?" Kira Markiewicz, UC Berkeley, Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley and UCEI, and Nancy Rose, MIT [slides]

Discussion by:
Joe Eto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Al Klevorick, Yale University