Regulation and Policy
Find papers and presentations on all regulation and policy topics, or specifically on the topics of the EPAct; FERC rulings and reports; market "manipulation;" mergers, market power, and antitrust; national energy policy; regulation, governance, and judicial review; state and regional activities; and public power.
Regulation and Policy
2020
Hartman, Devin. “ Are Changes in Markets IncreasingEthical Challenges? ”. In.
Hartman, Devin. “ Are Changes in Markets IncreasingEthical Challenges? ”. In.
2019
Wara, Michael. “Utility Liability: Pros and Cons of Socializing Costs ”. In.
Wara, Michael. “Utility Liability: Pros and Cons of Socializing Costs ”. In.
2018
Knake, Robert. “CINET: Building a Resilient Network for Critical Infrastructure ”. In 92nd Plenary Session.
Knake, Robert. “CINET: Building a Resilient Network for Critical Infrastructure ”. In 92nd Plenary Session.
Brown, Ashley. “Regulatory Treatment of Risk: Management and Allocation”. In.
Brown, Ashley. “Regulatory Treatment of Risk: Management and Allocation”. In.
Regulatory Conference
BRASILIA, DF, BRAZIL
June 18, 2018
Ashley C. Brown
Executive Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University
2016
Brown, Ashley. “Electricity Markets: Interface Between Regulation and Trade”. In.
Brown, Ashley. “Electricity Markets: Interface Between Regulation and Trade”. In.
Anders, Dave. “PJM Stakeholder Process"”. In.
Anders, Dave. “PJM Stakeholder Process"”. In.
Anders, Dave. PJM Stakeholder Process." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
Nelson, Jeffrey. “The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO”. In.
Nelson, Jeffrey. “The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO”. In.
Nelson, Jeffrey. The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
Brown, Ashley. “The Duty of Regulators to Have Ex Parte Communications”. The Electricity Journal 29, no. 9 (2016): 27-30.
Brown, Ashley. “The Duty of Regulators to Have Ex Parte Communications”. The Electricity Journal 29, no. 9 (2016): 27-30.
By confining regulators to judicial constraints when they are acting in a legislative capacity, the Herculean task of directing the path of electricity restructuring is being undertaken under rules that require decision-makers to be utterly passive and...
States, Supreme Court United. “FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION V. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ET AL..”
States, Supreme Court United. “FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION V. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ET AL..”
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association et al., Supreme Court Decision (2016).
Ramey, Todd. “Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing.”. In.
Ramey, Todd. “Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing.”. In.
Ramey, Todd. Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
EPAct
2020
Dismukes, David. “Ratepayer Benefits of Reforming PURPA”. In.
Dismukes, David. “Ratepayer Benefits of Reforming PURPA”. In.
Hartman, Devin. “PURPA: A Time to Reform or Reduce Its Role?”. In.
Hartman, Devin. “PURPA: A Time to Reform or Reduce Its Role?”. In.
2016
Hogan, William W. “Electricity Market Design: Financial Transmission Rights..”
Hogan, William W. “Electricity Market Design: Financial Transmission Rights..”
Hogan, William. Electricity Market Design: Financial Transmission Rights." Presentation to the CIDE Electricity Policy Group. Mexico, April 14, 2016.
Curran, Jennifer. “Beyond Order 1000: Seams Operations and Congestion Management”. In.
Curran, Jennifer. “Beyond Order 1000: Seams Operations and Congestion Management”. In.
Curran, Jennifer. Beyond Order 1000: Seams Operations and Congestion Management." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 83rd Plenary Session. Cambridge, MA, June 2, 2016."
2015
Weiss, Jurgen. “ The EPA Clean Power Plan: What Now?.”
Weiss, Jurgen. “ The EPA Clean Power Plan: What Now?.”
Edelston, Bruce. “FERC Order 1000: A Solution Looking for a Problem?”. In.
Edelston, Bruce. “FERC Order 1000: A Solution Looking for a Problem?”. In.
Edelston, Bruce. FERC Order 1000: A Solution Looking for a Problem?" Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 81st Plenary Session, Palm Beach, FL, December 2015."
FERC Rulings and Reports
2021
“William Hogan - Stranded Assets and Transition Costs ”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“William Hogan - Stranded Assets and Transition Costs ”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Jeff Dennis - The Future Role of Regional Transmission Organizations”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Jeff Dennis - The Future Role of Regional Transmission Organizations”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Pat Wood, III - FERC Order No. 2000, Revisited”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Pat Wood, III - FERC Order No. 2000, Revisited”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Richard Doying - Order 2000 Revisited: FERC Market Expansion and RTO Policy, Where Are We Now?”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Richard Doying - Order 2000 Revisited: FERC Market Expansion and RTO Policy, Where Are We Now?”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
Gavan, John C., and Rob Gramlich. “John C. Gavan and Rob Gramlich - A New State-Federal Cooperation Agenda for Regional and Interregional Transmission.”
Gavan, John C., and Rob Gramlich. “John C. Gavan and Rob Gramlich - A New State-Federal Cooperation Agenda for Regional and Interregional Transmission.”
Excerpt from the Introduction:
The experience of grid operators and planners in the United States and around the world has shown that both decarbonization and power system resilience will require large-scale regional and inter-regional trans- mission...
Market "Manipulation"
2019
Jurewitz, John L. “California’s 2000-2001 Electricity Crisis:Causes and Lessons”. In. MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL-WASHINGTON, D.C., 2019.
Jurewitz, John L. “California’s 2000-2001 Electricity Crisis:Causes and Lessons”. In. MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL-WASHINGTON, D.C., 2019.
Hogan, William W. “Cross-Product Manipulation in Electricity Markets, Microstructure Models and Asymmetric Information”. In.
Hogan, William W. “Cross-Product Manipulation in Electricity Markets, Microstructure Models and Asymmetric Information”. In.
Electricity market manipulation enforcement actions have moved from conventional analysis of generator market power in real-time physical markets to material allegations of sustained crossproduct price manipulation in forward financial markets. A major...
2010
Coscia, Carl. “Constellation Energy: Comments on Proposed OTC Reforms.”. In.
Coscia, Carl. “Constellation Energy: Comments on Proposed OTC Reforms.”. In.
Coscia, Carl. Constellation Energy: Comments on Proposed OTC Reforms. Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Fifty-Ninth Plenary Session. Cambridge, MA. May 20, 2010. 10 pages.
McBride Johnson, Philip. “Turf Wars - an Essay.”. In.
McBride Johnson, Philip. “Turf Wars - an Essay.”. In.
McBride Johnson, Philip. Turf Wars" - an Essay. Distributed to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Fifty-Ninth Plenary Session. Cambridge, MA. May 20, 2010. 4 pages."
McBride Johnson, Philip. “Financial Reform: A Rough View.”. In.
McBride Johnson, Philip. “Financial Reform: A Rough View.”. In.
McBride Johnson, Philip. Financial Reform: A Rough View. Distributed to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Fifty-Ninth Plenary Session. Cambridge, MA. May 20, 2010. 6 pages.
Mergers, Market Power and Anti-Trust
2008
Linares, Pedro, Francisco Javier Santos, Mariano Ventosa, and Luis Lapiedra. “Incorporating Oligopoly, CO2 Emissions Trading and Green Certificates into a Power Generation Expansion Model”. Automatica 44, no. 6 (2008): 1608-20.
Linares, Pedro, Francisco Javier Santos, Mariano Ventosa, and Luis Lapiedra. “Incorporating Oligopoly, CO2 Emissions Trading and Green Certificates into a Power Generation Expansion Model”. Automatica 44, no. 6 (2008): 1608-20.
This paper presents a generation expansion model for the power sector which incorporates several features that make it very interesting for application to current electricity markets: it considers the possible oligopolistic behavior of firms, and...
2006
Joskow, Paul. “Regulating Markets”. In.
Joskow, Paul. “Regulating Markets”. In.
Joskow, Paul. Regulating Markets. 22 September 2006. Presentation, 22 pages.
National Energy Policy
2023
Presentation, in discussion period, at HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA
Hogan, William. “Carbon Emission Prices and Electricity Market Subsidies”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA. May 31, 2023. Cambridge (virtual), 2023.
Hogan, William. “Carbon Emission Prices and Electricity Market Subsidies”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA. May 31, 2023. Cambridge (virtual), 2023.
Bistline, John. “Energy System Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act: Insights from EPRI’s US-REGEN Model”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA.
Bistline, John. “Energy System Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act: Insights from EPRI’s US-REGEN Model”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA.
Wolfram, Catherine. “Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA. Cambridge (virtual), 2023.
Wolfram, Catherine. “Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act”. In HEPG Virtual Session: Unpacking the IRA. Cambridge (virtual), 2023.
Bistline, John, Neil Mehrota, and Catherine Wolfram. “Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act”. Brookings Institution, 2023.
Bistline, John, Neil Mehrota, and Catherine Wolfram. “Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act”. Brookings Institution, 2023.
2022
Foglesong, Anna. “Managing the Industry’s Changing Landscape”. In. HEPG Virtual Session, Cambridge, MA-October 14, 2022, 2022.
Foglesong, Anna. “Managing the Industry’s Changing Landscape”. In. HEPG Virtual Session, Cambridge, MA-October 14, 2022, 2022.
HEPG Virtual Session: Constructing an HEPG Agenda, Taking Stock -- Cambridge, MA --October 14, 2022
2020
Curlee, Heather. “PURPA Perspective”. In.
Curlee, Heather. “PURPA Perspective”. In.
2007
American Public Power Association. “Power Supply Procurement in Retail Choice States..”
American Public Power Association. “Power Supply Procurement in Retail Choice States..”
American Public Power Association. Power Supply Procurement in Retail Choice States. June 2007. Paper, 35 pages.
2005
Kelly, Susan. “Restructuring at the Crossroads: The APPA White Paper”. In.
Kelly, Susan. “Restructuring at the Crossroads: The APPA White Paper”. In.
Kelly, Susan. Restructuring at the Crossroads: The APPA White Paper. 4 March 2005. Presentation, 22 pages.
2004
Rosenberg, William. “Financing IGCC - 3 Party Covenant.”
Rosenberg, William. “Financing IGCC - 3 Party Covenant.”
This paper describes a 3 Party Covenant financing and regulatory program aimed at reducing financing costs and providing a risk-tolerant investment structure to stimulate initial deployment of five to ten Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) coal...
Rosenberg, Dwight Alpern, William, and Michael Walker. “Financing IGCC - 3 Party Covenant”. In.
Rosenberg, Dwight Alpern, William, and Michael Walker. “Financing IGCC - 3 Party Covenant”. In.
This paper describes a 3 Party Covenant financing and regulatory program aimed at reducing financing costs and providing a risk-tolerant investment structure to stimulate initial deployment of five to ten Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) coal...
2020
Hartman, Devin. “ Are Changes in Markets IncreasingEthical Challenges? ”. In.
Hartman, Devin. “ Are Changes in Markets IncreasingEthical Challenges? ”. In.
2019
Wara, Michael. “Utility Liability: Pros and Cons of Socializing Costs ”. In.
Wara, Michael. “Utility Liability: Pros and Cons of Socializing Costs ”. In.
2018
Knake, Robert. “CINET: Building a Resilient Network for Critical Infrastructure ”. In 92nd Plenary Session.
Knake, Robert. “CINET: Building a Resilient Network for Critical Infrastructure ”. In 92nd Plenary Session.
Brown, Ashley. “Regulatory Treatment of Risk: Management and Allocation”. In.
Brown, Ashley. “Regulatory Treatment of Risk: Management and Allocation”. In.
Regulatory Conference
BRASILIA, DF, BRAZIL
June 18, 2018
Ashley C. Brown
Executive Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University
2016
Brown, Ashley. “Electricity Markets: Interface Between Regulation and Trade”. In.
Brown, Ashley. “Electricity Markets: Interface Between Regulation and Trade”. In.
Anders, Dave. “PJM Stakeholder Process"”. In.
Anders, Dave. “PJM Stakeholder Process"”. In.
Anders, Dave. PJM Stakeholder Process." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
Nelson, Jeffrey. “The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO”. In.
Nelson, Jeffrey. “The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO”. In.
Nelson, Jeffrey. The Stakeholder Experience: The California ISO." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
Brown, Ashley. “The Duty of Regulators to Have Ex Parte Communications”. The Electricity Journal 29, no. 9 (2016): 27-30.
Brown, Ashley. “The Duty of Regulators to Have Ex Parte Communications”. The Electricity Journal 29, no. 9 (2016): 27-30.
By confining regulators to judicial constraints when they are acting in a legislative capacity, the Herculean task of directing the path of electricity restructuring is being undertaken under rules that require decision-makers to be utterly passive and...
States, Supreme Court United. “FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION V. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ET AL..”
States, Supreme Court United. “FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION V. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ET AL..”
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association et al., Supreme Court Decision (2016).
Ramey, Todd. “Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing.”. In.
Ramey, Todd. “Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing.”. In.
Ramey, Todd. Value of Flexibility in MISO Dispatch and Pricing." Presentation to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group's 82nd Plenary Session. Washington, DC, March 10, 2016."
State and Regional Activities
2022
Sedano, Rich. “Everything Is Different: Reflection on the States”. In HEPG Virtual Session Everything Is Different: Ukraine, Energy, Climate, and Electricity Markets, May 5.
Sedano, Rich. “Everything Is Different: Reflection on the States”. In HEPG Virtual Session Everything Is Different: Ukraine, Energy, Climate, and Electricity Markets, May 5.
2021
“James Doss-Gollin - A Cascading Failure of Imagination. Predictable? Sure. Preventable? Harder.”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“James Doss-Gollin - A Cascading Failure of Imagination. Predictable? Sure. Preventable? Harder.”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Barry Smitherman - Review of February 2021 Extreme Cold Weather Event”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Barry Smitherman - Review of February 2021 Extreme Cold Weather Event”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Gordon Van Welie - New England’s Changing Resource Mix; Challenges for Power System Operations ”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
“Gordon Van Welie - New England’s Changing Resource Mix; Challenges for Power System Operations ”. 2021. Reprint, HEPG, 2021.
ISO, California. “California ISO-Root Cause Analysis”. California ISO.
ISO, California. “California ISO-Root Cause Analysis”. California ISO.