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The AAI marks its 14th Annual Energy Roundtable – The Changing U.S. Generation Fleet: What Does it Mean for Competition? – by gathering experts in antitrust and regulation from government, industry, academia, and advocacy to discuss major competition policy issues involving electricity and energy. In U.S. electricity markets, major changes in the composition of the generation fleet are in play. These changes are driven by the complex and shifting landscape that shapes investment decisions and market participation by investor-owned utilities; municipal and cooperative utilities; merchant generators; transmission developers; and even energy services companies.
Fuel price dynamics, federal and state policies for portfolio standards and energy efficiency, generation subsidies, environmental emissions standards (e.g., carbon), and even global trade and competition issues are key determinants of the relative costs of different generation sources. This year’s AAI Energy Roundtable will first assess how these factors are changing the U.S. generation fleet. The discussion will then turn to assessing how such changes are affecting entry and market structure, as well as competitive incentives in U.S. electricity markets. This year’s Energy Roundtable will broaden the lens to analyze how the U.S. experience can be informed by developments abroad, particularly European electricity markets, where significant changes are afoot.
The day will open with our traditional “Year in Review,” followed by moderated morning and afternoon panel discussions. The morning panel will focus on key developments that affect generation capacity decisions and participation in U.S. electricity markets. The afternoon panel will focus on how such changes affect the competitive landscape of U.S. electricity markets, both in terms of changing market structures and competitive incentives in those markets.
The AAI thanks the sponsors of this event:
• American Public Power Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
INTRODUCTION
Diana L. Moss, Vice President, American Antitrust Institute
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
oe Nipper, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, American Public Power
MORNING PANEL: KEY DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING GENERATION CAPACITY nsolidation poses challenges to existing access and Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) AND MARKET PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S
MODERATOR:
John E. Kwoka, Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, Northeastern University
PANELISTS:
Paul McCurley, Manager of Power Supply and Chief Engineer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Jennifer J. Vosburg, President, Louisiana Generating, NRG Energy Inc.
John E. Shelk, President and CEO, Electric Power Supply Association
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
AFTERNOON PANEL: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OF ELECTRICITY MARKETS
MODERATOR:
Diana L. Moss, Vice President, American Antitrust Institute
PANELISTS:
J. Arnold Quinn, Director, Division of Economic and Technical Analysis, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mark J. Niefer, Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Paul Sotkiewicz, Chief Economist, Markets Division, PJM Interconnection
