Organization and Governance: Non-Profit RTO's
March 30-31, 2005 - The Hilton Washington - Washington, DC
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Examine the overarching issue of the best form of governance for the market agent, the institution responsible for carrying out RTO functions as defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Order 2000. Not-for-Profit RTOs and Independent System Operators (ISOs) have been and remain the dominant form of governance.

Is this enough? Perhaps not; indeed, the FERC's recent Notice of Inquiry into RTO performance raises the question about what form of corporate governance may offer the best path to achieve long-term objectives - at least implicitly, efficient market outcomes realized through workably competitive wholesale markets for energy services.

Get a valuable perspective on the issue of the interplay between corporate governance and RTO objectives through two days of focused discussion. Register today!!!

Topics Include:

• FERC Regulatory Perspective
• How Much Independence Does It Take To Be Independent?
• RTOs: Are They the End or the Beginning of the Process?
• Governance Structures for Transmission Networks: Addressing the Conflicts in Independence, Ownership and Functionality"
• HRTO REPORTING: THE VALUE AND COST OF INFORMATION
• RTO Financial Reporting
• RTOs -- a Different Kind of Non-Profit Needing Different Financial Reporting
• Measuring Value and Determining Worth: What Are the Gains from the Presence of An RTO
• CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS - OVERCOMING THE PROBLEM OF AGENCY
• RTO Performance, Governance, and Independence
• INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES
• Achieving Efficient Independent Operation of Transmission - Are RTOs The Answer?
• The SeTrans RTO Incentive Driven Governance Model
• Independent Transmission-Only Company - A Case Study
• Investment Incentives Under RTOs and Transcos

Speakers Include:

The Honorable Nora Mead Brownell, Commissioner, FERC
Bob Pauley, Director-Energy Policy & Research, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Scott Harvey, Director, LECG
Ron McNamara, Chief Economist & Vice President, Midwest ISO
Mathew J. Morey, Senior Consultant, Christensen Associates
Suzanne S. Daugherty, VP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, PJM Interconnection
Jim Bertrand, Partner-Energy Group, Leonard, Street and Deinard
Robert Camfield, Vice President, Christensen Associates
Harry Singh, Sr. Advisor-Office of Market Oversight & Investigation, FERC
Michael Calviou, Vice President, Transmission Regulation & Commercial, National Grid USA
Bruce Edelston, Director, Policy and Planning, Southern Company
Richard A. Schultz, CEO, ITC
Hung-Po Chao, Sr. Technical Leader, EPRI and Consulting Professor, Stanford University

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