The full collection of papers from the conference are currently available for $40.00. Please contact Jacque Pereira for information.

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]