Live Webcast of National League of Cities, December 5-9 2006, Reno NV

AGENDA
American Public Power Association

Assessing Restructured Electricity Markets
An APPA Symposium

Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street NW, Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2007

   
Welcome
Alan H. Richardson, President & CEO, American Public Power Association

Introduction
Lester Lave, Professor of Economics; Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

The Flaws in the Primary Methodologies Used to Assess Electricity Restructuring
John Kwoka, Professor of Economics, Northeastern University

Increasing Electricity Prices:  Are Fuel Costs the Only Explanation?
Kenneth Rose, Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Utilities,
Michigan State University

Who are the Winners and Losers in Today’s Restructured Markets?
Edward Bodmer, Independent Consultant

The Costs of Participating in Restructured Wholesale Markets
William M. Bateman, Project Manager,and Robert C. Smith, Vice President,
GDS Associates

Lunch and Keynote Speaker
William G. Shepherd, Emeritus Professor of Economics, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Market Operations, Market Power and Value for Consumers in LMP-Based Electricity Markets
Ezra Hausman and Robert Fagan, Senior Associates, Synapse Energy Economics

Will Markets Maintain System Adequacy?
Tim Mount, Professor of Economics, Cornell University

How Do Prices in the PJM Market Compare to Suppliers’ Marginal Costs?
A.J. Goulding, President, and Serkan Bahceci, Consultant,
London Economics International

Final Questions/Next Steps, Lester Lave

                                
Closing Remarks, Alan H. Richardson