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

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