Professor Brandon Schaufele hosted a Pre-CREE workshop on Electricity Policy and Markets. Topics ranged from consumer behaviour to strategic firm conduct and environmental policy.
Workshop Agenda
10:10 am - Introductory remarks: Brandon Schaufele, Ivey Business School, Western University
10:15 am - Presenter: David Brown, University of Alberta
Carbon Pricing with an Output Subsidy under Imperfect Competition: The Case of Alberta’s Restructured Electricity Market
Discussant: Laura Grigolon, McMaster University
11:15 am - Presenter: Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College
Responses to Marginal and Average Price of Energy using a Regression Kink Design
Discussant: Blake Shaffer, University of Calgary
12:15-12:45pm Lunch (also in Rm 2120)
12:45 pm - Address by Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Measuring the Competitiveness Benefits of Purely Financial Participants on Wholesale and Retail Markets Outcomes
1:45 pm - Presenter: Anindya Sen, University of Waterloo
Air Pollution and Fuel Usage in Ontario’s Coal-fired Power Phase-out
Discussant: Isaac Holloway, Ivey Business School, Western University
2:45-3:15pm Break
3:15 pm - Presenter: Andrew Eckert, University of Alberta
The Effect of Default Rates on Retail Competition and Pricing Decisions of Competitive Retailers: The Case of Alberta
Discussant: Mario Samano, HEC Montreal
4:15 pm - Presenter: Alastair Fraser, University of British Columbia
Financial Incentives or Persistent Habits? How Households Respond to Monetary Rewards for Electricity Conservation
Discussant: Brandon Schaufele, Ivey Business School, Western University
5:15 pm - Shuttle to Bertoldi’s Trattoria
REGISTRATION CLOSED