CRRI's Advanced Workshop on Quality in Regulated Industries will be held at Rutgers University - Newark campus on November 14, 2008

 

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2008-2009 Brochure

 

November 14th

 

January 16th

 

April 3rd

 

Call for Papers for the 2009 Conferences

 

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28th Annual Eastern Conference

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22nd Annual Western Conference

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Hotel's Website


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Responding to Conflicting Regulatory and Competitive Forces

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 14, 2008

Quality Regulation and Incentives

Michael Crew, Rutgers University, “Regulating Quality: Basic Principles
Victor Glass, National Exchange Carrier Association, “Service Quality where Switches and Packets Meet”
Sheldon Switzer, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, “Internal Quality Regulation
John Kelly, American Public Power Association, “Benchmarking Service Quality in Public Power
Renée Sheehy, OIG USPS, “OIG and Postal Service Quality Standards”
Lisbeth Dobbins USPS, “Measuring Postal Service Quality”
Margaret Cigno, US Postal Regulatory Commission, “Regulation of Quality in Postal Service”
 
 
 
Additional Speakers to be confirmed (Please continue to check Website)

January 16, 2009

Sustainable Energy Policies

Paul Kleindorfer, Univ. of Pennsylvania & INSEAD, “European Perspectives on Sustainable Energy
Colin Loxley, PSE&G, “Valuation of Carbon Reductions through Higher Efficiency in Electric Delivery
John Caldwell, Edison Electric Institute, The Economics of Climate Change”
Christopher Phillips, Energy Solutions,  "Nuclear Fuel: technology, use, recycle or disposal"
 
Additional Speakers to be confirmed (Please continue to check Website)

April 3, 2009

Innovative Pricing and Conservation

Eric Ackerman, Edison Electric Institute, "What’s so Smart about "Smart Rates?"

Sheldon Switzer, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, "Innovative Rates"

Michael Crew, Menahem Spiegel, Rutgers University, "Price Caps, Demand Side Management and Public Goods"

Michael Ravnitzky, Postal Regulatory Commission, "Electric Vehicles for Mail Delivery: Technical, Cost and Societal Implications"

 
 
 
Additional Speakers to be confirmed (Please continue to check Website)

Advanced Workshop Conferences:

28th Annual Eastern Conference, May 13-15, 2009, Skytop, Pennsylvania, U.S.

22nd Annual Western Conference,  June 17-19, 2009, Monterey, California, U.S.

 

Please send comments and suggestion regarding this page to Karen Walters at crri@business.rutgers.edu

 

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