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Advanced
Workshop
in Regulation and
Competition
April 12th Workshop
The Future of USPS?
2012-2013 Workshop Brochure
Organizations that
have participated
32nd Annual Eastern
Conference
May 15-17, 2013
Shawnee on Delaware
Pennsylvania
Brochure & Abstracts of Papers
Hotel's Website
26th Annual Western Conference
June 19-21, 2013
Monterey California
Brochure & Abstracts of Papers
Hotel's Website
Reservation Info
Previous Workshops & Conferencess
Directions to Center
(CRRI's offices are located in Ackerson Hall)
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The Workshop brings together
typically over 50 practicing economists from industry, regulatory commissions,
and academia. Presentations at the Workshop and Conferences are geared
toward practicing economists and are made both by industry researchers and by
academics. About a month prior to the conferences and a week prior to the
workshops each participant is forwarded the papers that will be presented.
At the events presentation is followed with discussion time among the
participants and speakers. The conferences papers will be available online
for the participants.
Papers are available in
electronic format from the 2000 conferences on. Electronic format of
papers are available for most papers from other past conferences and workshops.
November 16, 2012
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Regulation, Smart Grid and Reliability
Location:
Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Park, Room 118, Newark, NJ 07102
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Speakers
Eric Ackerman, Edison Electric Institute, “Emerging Regulatory
Issues”
Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland – Baltimore County and
RFF, “Local Distribution Reliability Policies”
John Caldwell, Edison Electric Institute, “Regulatory Issues”
Michael A. Crew, Rutgers University, “Incentive Regulation”
Victor Glass, National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.,
“Smart Telecommunications Networks
Howard Spinner, NOVEC, “Rural Electric Coops”
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January 11, 2013
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Generation and Demand Response
Location: Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Park, Room 118, Newark, NJ 07102 |
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Speakers
Hung-po Chao, ISO New England, Inc.,
“Generation and Transmission Planning”
Sean K. Collins, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
“Detection of Market Manipulation: FERC Division of
Analytics and Surveillance”
Glenn George, KPMG LLP,
“Portfolio Theory Applied to Generation”
Victor Glass, National Exchange Carrier
Association, Inc., “Contract Tariffs”
Sheldon Switzer, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Company, “Education, Information and the Impact of OPOWER”
Kurt Strunk, NERA Economic Consulting
“Pipeline - A Reincarnation of Stranded Costs”
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April 12, 2013
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The Future of USPS?
Location:K&L Gates, LLC,1601
K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 |
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Agenda
8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction – Michael Crew and Michael Scanlon
9:15-9:55 Regulatory Update and the PRC’s Role in Reform - Mark Acton
9:55-10:3 Failure to Rescue – David Williams
10:35-10:55 Coffee Break
10:55-11:3 Unfunded Mandates? The USPS’s Universal Service & Public Service
Costs – Robert Taub
11:35-12:15 Free the Postal Service: Don’t Dismantle It – Fred Rolando
12:15-12:55 The Private Future of Mail Delivery and a Hybrid Model to Get
There – Edward Hudgins
12:55-1:55 LUNCH
1:55-2:35 A Business Model for USPS – Michael Crew and Richard Geddes
2:35-3:05 Quasi-government, Quasi-business, Quasi-postal Services –
Jody Berenblatt
3:05-3:40 Diversification into Non-postal Services: Some Questions –
David Levy
3:40-4:15 Market Definition and Postal Regulation – Tim Brennan and
Michael Crew
4:15-4:55 Where Do We Go From Here: Policy Lessons From Postal History
– Andrew German
4:55-5:00 Concluding Remarks - Michael Crew
SPEAKERS
Mark Acton, Commissioner, U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission
Jody Berenblatt, Senior Director, Grayhair Advisors
Tim Brennan, Professor of Policy & Economics, University of
Maryland Baltimore County & Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Michael Crew, CRRI Professor of Regulatory Economics, Rutgers
University
Rick Geddes, Associate Professor, Cornell
University
Andrew German, Managing Counsel, Legal Strategy
Edward Hudgins, Director of Advocacy, the Atlas Society
David Levy, Partner, Venable LLP
Fred Rolando, President, National Association of Letter
Carriers
Robert Taub, Vice Chairman, U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission
David Williams, USPS Inspector General
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Advanced Workshop Conferences
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32st
Annual Eastern Conference,
May 15-17, 2013, Shawnee In and Golf Resort, Shawnee on Delaware, PA
Program, Abstracts and Registration
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26th Annual Western Conference,
June
19-21, 2013, Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, CA
Program, Abstracts and Registration
Information |
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