6th Annual Energy Roundtable: The Future of Electricity Competition

January 24, 2006

On January 24, 2006, the American Antitrust Institute held a day-long roundtable workshop on electricity restructuring at the headquarters of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, Virginia. AAI appreciates NRECA’s generous assistance in making the roundtable workshop possible. This was AAI’s sixth annual workshop on electricity restructuring and by invitation only. The AAI appreciates the participation of about 40 government officials, academics, consultants, consumer advocates, and trade association and industry representatives

8:45 am

Opening Remarks

Albert Foer: President, AAI

Diana Moss: Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, AAI

9:00 am

The Year in Summary

Joseph Nipper, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, American Public Power Association

9:30 am

dentifying Key Factors That Influence Electricity Competition

Sam J. Ervin, IV, Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission

David Mohre, Executive Director, Energy & Power Division, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Michael Wroblewski, Assistant General Counsel, Policy Studies, Federal Trade Commission

12:00 pm

Luncheon and Keynote Address

Joseph Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

1:00 pm

The Elements of Effective Competition Policy

Hon. Richard Cudahy, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

John Kwoka, Neal F. Finnegan Professor of Economics, Northeastern University

Thomas Lenard, Senior Fellow, Vice President for Research, Progress and Freedom Foundation

3:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Roundtable Summary

"The Future of Electricity Competition" - Michael S Wroblewski

"Cooperative Perspective on Current Markets and Competition" - David L. Mohre

"The Status of 'Competition' Policy in Electricity Markets - Thomas M. Lenard

Promises, Promises: Competition and Efficiency in the Restructured Electricity Sector - John Kwoka

"Is Bigger Better?" - Honorable Richard Cudahy