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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

The Future of Energy Distribution

James B. Bushnell, Ryan Kellogg, and Erin T. Mansur, Organizers

March 19, 2016

Haas School of Business

Room C420

Berkeley, CA

PROGRAM

Friday, March 18
7:00 pm	Dinner, International House, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, March 19
8:30 am	Continental breakfast
9:00 am	Severin Borenstein, University of California at Berkeley and NBER James B. Bushnell, University of California at Davis and NBER Rate Structures for Utility Distribution Services
	Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER Distribution Network Pricing and Regulation with Significant Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Generation Capacity
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Steven E. Sexton, Duke University Efficiency and Welfare Impacts of Alternative Pricing Structures for Distributed Electricity Generation
	Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawaii at Manoa Matthias Fripp, University of Hawaii Effects of Real-Time Electricity Pricing on Welfare and Investment, with Inter-Hour Elasticity and High Penetration of Renewable Energy
	Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER Anant Sudarshan, Harvard University The Social Costs of Distorted Electricity Tariffs: Evidence from Agricultural Power Consumption in India
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University The Value of Electricity Transmission: Evidence from the Roll-Out of the Power Grid in the United States
	Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER Lucija Muehlenbachs, Resources for the Future Rate of Return Regulation, Infrastructure, and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from Natural Gas
2:10 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Panel session:  The Future of Energy Distribution:  Economic and Technical Challenges and Opportunities
3:30 pm	Adjourn