Third Annual Research Conference on
Electricity Industry Restructuring
March 20, 1998
Clark Kerr Campus
Joseph Wood Krutch Theatre
2601 Warring Street
University of California, Berkeley
The Conference
Organized by the University of California's Energy Institute's Program
on Workable Energy Regulation, this conference presents the work of leading
researchers on electricity industry restructuring. Their work directly
addresses a number of critical policy concerns including competition in
a deregulated market, market design and financial instruments, ancillary
services, and demand-side managment. Discussants of the work will
include both researchers and practitioners.
For Information
POWER Conference
University of California Energy Institute
2539 Channing Way #5180
Berkeley, CA 94720-5180
Phone: 510-642-9588
Fax: 510-643-5180
E-mail: ucenergy@socrates.berkeley.edu
The Sponsors
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ARCO Western Energy / Midway Sunset Cogeneration
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California Energy Commission
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California Independent System Operator
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National Economic Research Associates
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PacifiCorp
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Pacific Gas & Electric
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Southern California Edison
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Southern California Gas Company
The Agenda
8:00 - 9:00 --- Registration
9:00 - 9:15 --- Welcome
Severin Borenstein, UCEI Director, POWER
9:15 - 12:30
"Getting on the Map: The Political Economy of State-Level
Electricity Restructuring" by Amy Ando and Karen Palmer,
Resources for the Future
"Market Design and Price Behavior in Restructured Electricity
Markets: An International Comparison" by Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Discussants
Richard Bilas, CPUC
Pablo Spiller, UC Berkeley
Break
"Must Run Generation: Can We Successfuly Mix Regulation
and Competition" by John Jurewitz and Robin Walther, Southern
California Edison
"Water and Power: Hydroelectric Resources in the Era of
Competition in the Western US" by James Bushnell, UC Energy Institute
Discussants
Matthew White, Stanford University
Yves Smeers, Universite Catholique de Louvain
12:30 - 1:45 --- Luncheon
1:45 - 5:00
"Priority Network Access Pricing for Electric Power"
by Shijie Deng and Shmuel Oren, UC Berkeley
"Congestion Management by an Independent System Operator"
by Alex Papalexopoulos, Harry Singh, and George Angelidis,
Pacific Gas & Electric
Discussants
Robert Wilson, Stanford University
Laura Brien, NERA
Break
"Congestion Rents and Oligopolistic Competition in Electricity
Networks: An Experimental Investigation" by Jurgen Weiss, Harvard
University
Discussant
Steve Stoft, FERC
5:00 - 6:00 --- Reception