Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition

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, 2007	The Universal/Default Service Obligation: Burdens, Benefits and Lessons from Post, Telecommunications, and Energy Sectors
Michael Crew, Rutgers University, “USO/DSO under Entry”
Michael Ravnitzky, Postal Regulatory Commission, “Network Benefits from Increased Network Size”
Michael D. Bradley, George Washington University, “Universal Service Obligations in a Postal Context”
Michael Tate, Bank of America, “The Large Customer and the USO”
Victor Glass, National Exchange Carrier Association, “USO in Telecommunications”
Julie Kelly, Institute for Defense Analyses, “Pricing Simplification: Tradeoffs in Department of Defense Telecommunications Pricing”
Eric Ackerman, Edison Electric Institute, “DSO in Electricity”
Sheldon Switzer, BG&E, and Colin Loxley, PSE&G, “BGE/PSE&G Approaches to DSO”
John Kelly, American Public Power Association, “Competition in Electricity Distribution”
E. Rand Costich, Postal Regulatory Commission, “Costs of the USO”
Concluding Discussion: What is the Future of the USO/DSO
January 18, 2008	Meeting Energy Demands
Chris Grier, KPMG, “Nuclear: Evolving Technology/ Evolving Licensing Process”
Paul R. Kleindorfer, University of Pennsylvania and INSEAD, “Information Regulation: Chemical Plant Safety in the U.S.”
Paul R. Kleindorfer, University of Pennsylvania and INSEAD, and Colin Loxley, PSE&G, “Update on Renewables”
Diane Munns, Edison Electric Institute, “Role of Revenue Decoupling”
Metin Celebi, Brattle Group, “The Impact of US Climate Policy on Electric Power Markets”
Michael Tuosto, PSE&G “Resurgence of Nuclear Power”
March 28, 2008	Evaluating Deregulation
Michael Crew, Rutgers University, “Deregulation Does Not Mean the End of Regulation”
John Kelly, American Public Power Association, “Deregulation: Who Gains Who Loses?”
Comments: James Reitzes, Brattle Group
Howard Spinner, Virginia State Corporation Commission, “Re-regulation: Virginia Case”
Sheldon Switzer, BG&E, “‘Failure’ of Retail Competition in Electricity”
Victor Glass, National Exchange Carrier Association, “Competition in Retail Telecommunications”
James Reitzes, Brattle Group, and Colin Loxley, PSE&G, “POLAR Auctions and New Directions of Procurement”
Karl McDermott and Carl Peterson, NERA Economic Consulting, , “Success of Electricity Competition?”
Alan Finder, KPMG LLP, “Merger Update: National Grid – KeySpan”
Advanced Workshop Conferences:
27th Annual Eastern Conference, May 14-16, 2008, Skytop, Pennsylvania, U.S.
21st Annual Western Conference, June 18-20, 2008, Monterey, California, U.S.