Regulating Regional Power Systems

The electric power sector operates under an archaic regulatory system that is ill-equipped to oversee a competitive, restructured, regionally-organized industry. This book offers the first systematic discourse on regional aspects of regulatory reform, sharing topical perspectives from leading actors and regional case studies that show how the debate plays out on the ground. It frames the policy debate, applies economic and political theoretical lenses to federalism issues, and outlines options for regulatory reform, modes of cooperation, and an analytical basis for decisions. Most important, it provides a strategic road map for the industry over the coming decade. Contributors include current and former regulators at the State and Federal levels, senior utility executives, leading advocates, government policy makers and academics, including Michael Danielson, Michehl Gent, Kenneth Gordon, Kevin Kelly, Raymond Maliszewski, Richard O'Neill, Jackie Pfannensteil, Mary Sharpe Hayes, Charles Stalon, and many others.

CLINTON J. ANDREWS teaches at Rutgers University. Previously, he was at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University, where he helped launch a program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. He has developed an expertise in policy analysis from the bottom-up perspectives of engineering and planning. His non-academic background includes engineering project management in the private sector and technology assessments for government. His recent academic work focuses on the modeling and analysis of regional electric power systems and other problems involving multi-party decision making and regulatory policy. Professor Andrews was educated at Brown University and MIT.