Shmuel S. Oren
Public Lectures, Seminars and
Conference Presentations (Since Jan. 2003)
- HICSS 36: Invited talk “Designs for Ramp-constrained
Day-ahead auctions” (with Adrew Ross), Hawaii, January 5-9, 2003.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on
congestion management: Invited presentations 1) “Market-based
congestion management”, 2) “The MOD proposal for direct assignment of
local congestion cost”, Austin Texas, January 13-14,2003
- EPRI Workshop on Electricity Market Design Research: Chair and
introductory presentation on “Demand response and generation adequacy”
Palo Alto, California, January 16-17, 2003
- Texas A&M Conference on Electricity Restructuring:
Session Chair, College Station, Texas, April 4, 2003
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on Market
Mitigation. Invited presentations “The MOD proposal for Market
Failure Mitigation”, Austin Texas, May 14,2003
- The 22th Annual Eastern Conference on Regulation and Competition,
Invited talk on “Forward and Spot Prices in Electricity Markets: Market
Power and Congestion Effects” Skytop, PA, May 21-23, 2003
- PSERC Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Invited presentation on
“The FERC White Paper on Wholesale Market Platform for Electricity”,
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington May 28-30, 2003.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on Forward
Electricity Markets. Invited presentations “Forward Electricity
Markets and System Operations”, Austin Texas, June 13, 2003
- Edison Electric Institute Transmission Business School. Invited
lectures 1) Market Design 2) Congestion Management, Chicago, IL., June
25, 2003
- International INFORMS meeting, Invited paper “Using Swing Options
for Managing Intrazonal Congestion Risk”, Istanbul, Turkey, July 6-10,
2003
- IEEE PES general meeting, Invited panel presentation “The FGRs
vs. FTRs Debate: Facts and Misconceptions”, Toronto, Canada, July
13-17, 2003.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on Forward
Markets. Invited presentations “Day Ahead Market and Systems
Operations”, Austin Texas, August 14, 2003
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on
Transmission Rights. Invited presentations “Transmission Rights
for the Texas Nodal Market”, Austin Texas, September 5, 2003
- The 23rd Arne Ryde Symposium on “The Nordic Electricity Market”,
Invited keynote speaker “Market Design and Gaming in Competitive
Electricity Systems”, Lund, Sweden, October 3-4, 2003
- INFORMS meeting, invited talk (with Yao and Adler) “Computing Two
Settlement Cournot Equilibria in Electricity Markets”, Atlanta, Georgia
October 18-22, 2003.
- OSINERG: Electric Utility Regulatory Agency of Peru: Invited
presentation on “Capacity Markets and generation Adequacy in
Competitive Electricity markets”, Lima Peru, December 5, 2003.
- ESAN - Graduate School of Business, Lima, Peru, Invited public
lecture “Market Design and Gaming Opportunities in Competitive
Electricity Markets, December 5, 2003.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on
Transmission Rights. Invited presentations “Derating of
Transmission Rights”, Austin Texas, December 9, 2003
- HICSS 37: Invited talk “Computing Two Settlement Cournot
Equilibria in Electricity Markets” (with Yao, and Adler), Hawaii,
January 5-8, 2004.
- HICSS 37: Invited talk “The Inherent Inefficiency of the
Point-to-Point Congestion Revenue Right Auction”, (with Deng and
Meliopoulous), Hawaii, January 5-8, 2004.
- AIT workshop on Electricity Interconnection, Invited
presentation, “The PSerc Market Stem”, Bangkok, Thailand, January 13,
2004.
- Electric Supply Energy in Transition: Issues and Prospects for
Asia, Session Chair and Invited talk, “Integrating Energy and Reserves
Markets Through Opportunity Cost Payments”, (with Ramteen Sioshansi),
AIT, Bangkok, Thailand, January 14-16, 2004
- Conference on Competition and Coordination in the Electric Power
Industry, Session Chair and invited panel member on “Market Design”,
Toulouse, France, January 16-17, 2004.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on Market
Mitigation. Invited presentations “Market Mitigation for the
Texas Nodal Markets”, Austin Texas, February 27, 2003
- Panelist at UCB College of Engineering annual event for
contributor on energy efficiency
- Caltech Department of Economics SISL Seminar. Invited talk on
“Design of Ancillary Service Markets”, April 15, 2004.
- PSerc IAB Meeting “Inherent Inefficiency of Point to Point
Simultaneously Feasible Transmission Rights Auctions” , Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburg, May 20,2004.
- IEEE PES General Meeting invited panel presentation,
“Changing the Generation Adequacy Paradigm from Cost Recovery to
Investment Incentives, Denver, Colorado, June 6-10, 2004
- CPUC, Invited lecture “Congestion Management and Congestion
Revenue Rights in an LMP Based Market”, San Francisco, CA, July 6, 2004
- NSF EPNES Grantee Workshop, “Forward Contracts, Multisettlement
Equilibrium and Risk Management in Competitive Electricity Markets”,
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, July 12-14, 2004.
- IREP Symposium, Presentation “Joint Energy and Reserve Auctions
with Opportunity Cost Payment for Reserves”, Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy,
August 22-27
- ERCOT Economists workshop on the Texas Nodal Market. Invited
Panelist, Austin, Texas, September 16-17, 2004
- CPUC Conference on Generation Adequacy, Invited presentation,
“Ensuring generation adequacy in competitive electricity markets”, San
Francisco, California, October 4-5, 2004
- DIMACS Workshop on Computational Issues in Auction Design,
Invited talk, “Multi-item Auctions with Credit Limits”, Rutgers
University, NJ, October 7-8, 2004
- PSCE Conference, Invited panelist, “State of the Market
based Mitigation vs. Conduct and Impact”, New York, NY, October
12, 2004
- PSCE Conference, Invited panelist, “When is Pay as Bid Better,
New York, NY, October 12, 2004.
- Montreux California Clean Energy Roundtable, Invited talk,
“Orderly Retreat from the Promised Land: Assuring Generation Adequacy
through Call Options Obligations”, Half Moon Bay, CA January 19-21, 2005
- ICUBE and F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Lecture, “Market Design
and Gaming in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Iowa State University,
February 4, 2005
- Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on
Generation Adequacy, Invited talk on “Review of alternative approaches
to Generation Adequacy”, Austin, Texas, April 20, 2005
- EPRI International Conference on Global Electricity Industry
Restructuring, Invited presentation, “Resource Adequacy via Call
Options Obligations”, San Francisco, CA May 11-12, 2005
- 6th ICPSOP Conference on Power Systems Operations and Planning,
presentation: “Cournot Equilibria in Two-Settlement Electricity Markets
with System Contingencies”, Praia, Cape Verde, May 22-26, 2005
- IDEI Conference on The Economics of Electricity Markets, Paper
presentation (with Sioshansi): “Do Supply Function Equilibrium Models
Describe Behavior in Electricity Spot Markets: An Empirical Analysis of
the ERCOT BES Market”, Toulouse, France, June 2-3, 2005
- IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Ensuring
Generation Adequacy Through Centrally Procured Call Options
Obligations“, San Francisco, CA, June 12-16, 2005
- IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Conflicting
Investment Incentives in Electricity Transmission”, San Francisco, CA,
June 12-16, 2005
- CPUC Invited Seminar, “Ensuring Generation Adequacy via Call
Options Obligations”, San Francisco, California, June 20, 2005
- PowerTech Conference, Invited Panel Presentation “Alternative
Valuation Objectives for Transmission Investment in Deregulated
Electricity Markets” St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005
- PowerTech Conference, Paper presentation “Volumetric Hedging in
Electricity Procurement”, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005
- International Conference on Complementarity Problems (ICCP
20005), Paper presentation (with Yao and Adler): “An EPEC Algorithm for
a Two Settlement Electricity Market Equilibrium Model”, Stanford, CA
August 9-12, 2005
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab – Scientific Computing Seminar, “Modeling
and Computing two settlement oligopolistic market equilibrium in a
congested electricity network”, (with Yao and Adler), October 28, 2005.
- International Symposium on the Regulatory and Monitoring Design
for Power System Operator Under Deregulation, Invited keynote lecture,
“Market Design and System Operations in the US Restructured Electricity
Industry, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 2005.
- Conference on Developing the modern Grid, Invited presentation,
“Power Market Economics and the Modern Grid: Pserc Activities”, Mesa,
Arizona, November 9, 2005.
- INFORMS meeting, invited talk (with Sauma) “Proactive
Transmission Investment in Power Systems”, San Francisco, CA, November
13-16, 2005.
- PSERC IAB Meeting, Invited presentation, “Market Redesign:
Incorporating the Lessons Learned for Enhancing Market Design: Final
Report”, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 7-9, 2005
- ICORAID-2005-ORSI, Contributed talk, “Assessing the Economic
Value of Transmission Investment in Restructured Electricity Market”,
Recepient of Best Application paper award in the name of Prof B G
Raghavendra, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2005.
- ICORAID-2005-ORSI, Invited plenary lecture, “Computing
Two-settlement Equilibrium in a Transmission Constrained Oligopolistic
Electricity Market”, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2005.
- HICSS39, Invited talk (with Chao) “Alternative Pathways to
Electricity Market Reform: Risk Management Approach”, Kauai, Hawaii,
January 4-7, 2006.
- HICSS39, Invited talk “Generation Adequacy via Call Options
Obligations: Safe Passage to the Promised Land”, Kauai, Hawaii,
January 4-7, 2006.
- 2nd Carnegie Mellon Conference in Electric Power Systems, Invited
talk, “Proactive Economic Assessment of Transmission Investment in
Restructured Electricity Markets”, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA, January 11-12,
2006.
Updated Jan. 2006