The Future of Energy Distribution
Organized by James B. Bushnell, Ryan Kellogg, and Erin T. Mansur
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 19, 2016
Berkeley, CA
Saturday, March 19
9:30 am

Rate of Return Regulation, Infrastructure, and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from Natural Gas

Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
Lucija Muehlenbachs, University of Calgary
9:55 am

Rate Structures for Utility Distribution Services

Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
10:45 am

Distribution Network Pricing and Regulation with Significant Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Generation Capacity

Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER
11:10 am

Efficiency and Welfare Impacts of Alternative Pricing Structures for Distributed Electricity Generation

Steven E. Sexton
11:35 am

Effects of Real-Time Electricity Pricing on Welfare and Investment, with Inter-Hour Elasticity and High Penetration of Renewable Energy

Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Matthias Fripp, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1:00 pm

The Value of Electricity Transmission: Evidence from the Roll-Out of the Power Grid in the United States

Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal
Edson R. Severnini, Boston College and NBER
1:25 pm

The Social Costs of Distorted Electricity Tariffs: Evidence from Agricultural Power Consumption in India

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER
Anant Sudarshan, University of Warwick