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Experts in antitrust and regulation from government, industry, advocacy, and academia gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss competition policy issues involving competitive implications of emerging disruptive electricity technologies that could transform both retail and wholesale electricity markets.
Hosted by the American Antitrust Institute, with support from American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the 15th Annual Energy Roundtable examined the state of emerging disruptive electricity technologies, the pressures they exert on current utility models, and the competitive issues they introduce in retail and wholesale markets.
The day opened with the traditional “Year in Review” presented by Dave Mohre, Executive Director of the Energy and Power Division of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
The morning panel focused on nascent and expanding technologies such as distributed generation, the regulatory policy developments and controversies surrounding their integration and pricing, and the pressures these developments place on the current retail-wholesale electricity market relationship.
Heather Bailey, Executive Director of Energy Strategy and Electric Utility Development for the City of Boulder Energy Future gave the luncheon keynote address.
The afternoon panel focused on the competitive challenges that disruptive technologies pose for new entrants and incumbents alike, how anticompetitive behavior differs from legitimate competitive responses, and the role for state and federal regulators and antitrust enforcers in promoting competition.
Introductions
Diana Moss, President, American Antitrust Institute
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Dave Mohre, Executive Director, Energy and Power Division, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
MORNING PANEL: DISRUPTIVE ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGIES – THE CONSUMER, THE UTILITY, AND THE MARKETS
Moderator:
John E. Kwoka, Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, Northeastern University
Panelists:
Jade Eaton, Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Abraham Silverman, Assistant General Counsel–Regulatory, NRG Energy
Paul Sotkiewicz, Chief Economist, Markets Division, PJM Interconnection
LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE
Heather Bailey, Executive Director of Energy Strategy and Electric Utility Development, City of Boulder Energy Future
AFTERNOON PANEL: COMPETITIVE ISSUES SURROUNDING DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES – EMERGING CONCERNS, LESSONS FROM HISTORY, AND ENFORCEMENT
Moderator:
Diana Moss, President, American Antitrust Institute
Panelists:
Paula Carmody, Maryland People’s Counsel
Jeff Dennis, Director of the Division of Policy Development in the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mark Hegedus, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
Jeffrey I. Shinder, Partner, Constantine Cannon