Third Annual Carnegie Mellon Conference on the Electricity Industry

Co-sponsored by theTepper School of Business, Electricity Center and departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Public Policy Ensuring that the Industry Has the Physical and Human Resources Needed for the Next Thirty Years

The Third Annual Carnegie Mellon Conference on the Electricity Industry was held in March 2007. The conference brought together academic and industry experts to address concerns over the capacity of America's aging power grid. The focus was on "Ensuring that the Industry Has the Physical and Human Resources Needed for the Next Thirty Years."  A sampling of the sessions are included below. QuickTime 7 is required to view videos.

Lester Lave, Jay Apt and Seth Blumsack, Carnegie Mellon 
"The Effect of Deregulation of Investment in R&D, Equipment, and Human Capital" (.mov)   [43:40]

Goran Andersson, Head of Power Systems Lab, ETH Zurich (presenting)
Keynote - "Vision of Future Energy Networks"  (.mov)  [58:59]

Ahmad Faruqui and Ryan Hledik, The Brattle Group
"Benefits of Dynamic Pricing to the Mass Market"  (.mov)  [28:00]

Jason Makansi, Pearl Street, Inc.
"Investing in Electricity Generation:  Adding E-equity to Financial Models"    (.mov)  [30:51)  

Jack Casazza, American Education Institute
"Electric Power Technology for the Future - A Way to Proceed"  (.mov)  [27:48]

Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon
"T&D and Terrorism"   (.mov)  [31:46]

For a complete listing of the papers presented, click here.