In response to input since the issuance of Estimating the Benefits From Restructuring Electricity Markets: An Application to the PJM Region, CAEM’s groundbreaking study quantifying the benefits of competition in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Regional Transmission Organization, CAEM invites you to a unique, interactive workshop on the benefits of competition in the mid-Atlantic and its applicability as a model for other markets.

Background

Market advocates argue that competition in energy markets would result in cost savings for consumers. However, analysis of those benefits has largely been non-existent, a fact that puts market supporters on the defensive in attacks by critics. A recent study sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM) intends to change that with a detailed qualitative and quantifiable analysis of the benefits of competition.

The results of that study, released on September 23, 2003, conclude that consumers in the Mid-Atlantic region received benefits of over $3 billon in total savings in 2002 and that future savings from existing restructuring will total over $28 billion.

Agenda

The workshop will be highly interactive. Sessions will begin with brief presentations that will provoke discussion and answer questions.

Please Click on the Session Name for Details and Provocateur Credentials

8:30-10 a.m.
Energy Competition at the Brink
Provocateurs: Ken Malloy, CAEM CEO, and Jamie Wimberly, CAEM President

10-10:30 a.m. Break and informal networking

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Estimated Benefits From Competition in PJM Region:
What the Study Illustrates and the Questions It Raises
Provocateur: Dr. Ronald Sutherland, CAEM Senior Scholar

Noon-1 p.m. Lunch (provided by CAEM)

1-2:30 p.m.
Measuring Price-Demand Response in Retail Markets in PJM
Provocateur: Dr. Ronald Sutherland, CAEM Senior Scholar

2:30-3 p.m. Break

3-4:30 p.m.
Expanding the PJM Region:
What are Market, Reliability, Pricing, Efficiency Implications of Expanding RTO Boundaries?
Provocateurs: Ken Malloy and Dr. Ron Sutherland

Details and Registration

When: November 13, 2003
Where: Mansion at O Street, 2020 O Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

Cost: $750

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Special offer to State Commissions:
State Commission personnel can attend at no charge. Limit 10 seats (deadline October 17)
Priority if there are more than 10 commission applications:
(1) Commissioners in PJM,
(2) Commissioners outside PJM,
(3) Commission staff in PJM,
(4) All other Commission staff

Lodging

A limited number of accomodations are available at the Mansion:
Reservations: phone (202) 496-2000; fax (202) 659-0547
e-mail hotel@omansion.com
website http://www.omansion.com

Click here for a list of Additional Hotels in the Area

Additional Information

If you have questions, please contact Gary Clouser, CAEM Conference Director at gclouser@caem.org.

If you can’t attend this workshop but would like to arrange a seminar to be held at your company’s site or if you have an idea for a future workshop/seminar, contact Gary Clouser at gclouser@caem.org.

The Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM) is a non-profit, independent, Washington, DC-based think tank founded in 1999 to promote market-oriented solutions to the challenges that confront the energy industry, both wholesale and retail. CAEM is not a trade association, consulting firm or a lobbying group. It strives to develop intellectual capital for moving toward new public policies and regulation, new business model, and new technologies driven by competitive energy markets.