Past Events - 2001-

Agenda

Participant List

Materials

Agenda

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, DC, U.S.A

Monday, June 4, 2001

09:00 New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Mission Statement: To ensure the provision of safe, adequate and proper utility and regulated service at reasonable rates, while effectively managing the transition from protected monopoly franchise markets to competitive markets for the betterment of ratepayers.

09:30 Welcome Remarks and Introduction Hon. Carol Murphy, Acting President

09:45 Introduction to NJ BPU (Organization, Structure, Functions) Hon. Frederick F. Butler, Commissioner

10:30 Break

10:45 Status and Development of Competition in the US and NJ Mr. Frank Perrotti, Director of Energy

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Electric Reliability in a Competitive Market: Distribution Company Issues at the State Level
Mr. Jim Giuliano, Director of Service Evaluation

14:00 Customer Relations
Mr. Kent Papsun, Director of Customer Relations

14:30 Relationship/Coordination of State Regulatory Commissions in Regional Markets
Mr. Frank Perrotti, Director of Energy

15:00 California Update
Mr. Frank Perrotti, Director of Energy

15:45 Break

16:00 Role of Regulator in Grid Tariffs
Mr. Frank Perrotti, Director of Energy

17:00 Meetings Conclude

Tuesday, June 5, 2001

09:00 Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) Interconnection, LLC

PJM Interconnection, LLC is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the largest centrally dispatched electric system in North America. Its foremost responsibility is the safe and reliable operation of the transmission system and ensuring the reliable supply of energy from generating resources to wholesale customers. In addition, it operates the competitive wholesale energy market for the region and facilitates open access to transmission. With over 170 members including every segment of the electric power industry, its market has become one of the most liquid and active energy markets in the United States.

•  Overview of the PJM Market (Size, Number of Participants, Megawatts Served)
•  PJM Organization, Staffing, Functions
•  PJM Membership and Governance
•  Trading Rules of the Power Pool
•  Load Forecasting

12:00 PJM (discussion continued over lunch)

• Transmission Pricing and Planning
• Contracting Issues
• Relationship Between Regulator and ISO
• Ensuring Reliability in a Competitive Market
• Security of Supply

Wednesday, June 6

11:00 North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
 Mr. Dave Nevius, Vice President

Since its formation in 1968, NERC has operated as a voluntary organization to promote the reliability of the interconnected electric system in North America. In response to industry changes, NERC is in the process of transforming itself into NAERO - the North American Electric Reliability Organization. NAERO's mission will be to develop, promote, and enforce standards for a reliable North American bulk electric system.

Introduction to NERC (overall structure of NERC)

• Interface Between Reliability and Competitive Markets
• Restructuring Reliability Standards
• Structure of Grids in North America

14:00 Meeting concludes

Thursday, June 7

08:30 The World Bank

Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group consists of five closely associated institutions. Their mission is to fight poverty for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

09:00 Status of Implementation of the European Union Directive 96/92 and the Proposals for Changes
Mr. Bjorn Hamso, Senior Energy Economist

10:00 Break

10:30 "The California Power Crisis" (Focusing on impact on World Bank client countries)
Mr. John Besant-Jones, Lead Economist

11:30 Question & Answer Session

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Lessons Learned from Recent Privatization Efforts
Mr. Salman Zaheer, Lead Energy Economist

14:00 The Evolving Role of the Regulator
Mr. Robert E. Anderson, Lead Private Sector Development Specialist

15:00 Break

15:30 Implications for the Baltics
Mr. Gary Stuggins, Lead Energy Economist

16:30 Meetings conclude

Friday, June 8

09:30 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
 Mr. Berne Mosley, Customer Relations Management Specialist
 Ms. Saida Shalan, Regulatory Policy Analyst, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates

FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy that regulates the transmission and sale for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce, regulates the transmission of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce, regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce, licenses and inspects private, municipal and state hydroelectric projects, oversees related environmental matters and administers accounting and financial reporting regulations and conducts of jurisdictional companies.

Mr. Roland Wentworth, Economist, Office of the Chief Economist

• Overview of FERC (Organization, Functions, Responsibilities)
• Relationship Between FERC and State Commissions
• Regional Energy Market Issues

12:00 United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Dr. Robert Ichord, Chief, Energy & Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe & Eurasia;
Mr. Robert Archer, Deputy Chief; Mr. Andres Doernberg, Energy Specialist

USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secrretary of State. The agency works in areas crucial to achieving both sustainable development and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

• USAID Regional Energy Initiative for the Baltic States
• Debriefing on Study Tour
• Future Activities

13:30 Welcome Remarks and Introduction Mr. Charles Gray, Executive Director, NARUC

15:00 Meetings conclude

Participant List

Materials

New Jersey

• Electric Reliability in a Competitive Market: Distribution Company Issues at the State Level, James P. Giuliano, Director NJ Board of Public Utilities Division of Service Evaluation (MS Power Point/ 356 Kb/ 12 slides)

NERC

• The Transition from NERC to NAERO, National Energy Reliability Council (MS Power Point/ 376 Kb/ 39 slides)

FERC

• Overview of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Roland W. Wentworth (MS Power Point/ 81 Kb/ 21 slides)

The World Bank

• Privatization and Regulation, Robert E. Anderson, The World Bank  (MS Power Point/ 58 Kb/17 slides)
• Power Privatization Prospects: Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Feedback from Strategic Investors, Salman Zaheer, The World Bank, (MS Power Point/ 106 Kb/17 slides)

• Completing the Internal Energy Market in Europe, Presentation Given by the EU Commission to EU Accession Country Representatives at an EU/World Bank Workshop in Prague April 26-27, 2001 (MS Power Point/ 470 Kb/25 slides)

• Common Baltic Market: Challenges, Gary Stuggins, The World Bank (MS Power Point/ 31 Kb/10 slides)

• The California Power Crisis, John E. Besant-Jones, The World Bank (MS Power Point/ 778 Kb/24 slides)