IT’S ELECTRIC: TEXAS DEREGULATION
FOCUS OF UPCOMING UH-GEMI CONFERENCE
When Texas lawmakers deregulated electricity in 1999, the intent
was to lower electric bills and to open the market to new products
and services. But has it really worked out that way?
During a University of Houston Global Energy Management (UH-GEMI)
conference, experts will measure just how much progress has been
made. The “Is Deregulation Good for the Consumer?” conference
will be held June 14 at the University Hilton Hotel.
Panelists include electricity suppliers and marketers; industrial,
commercial and residential consumers; regulators and academics.
They’ll give their views on what’s gone right, what
hasn’t, and what should be changed to make deregulation work
better in the future. Keynote speakers are C. John Wilder, chairman
and CEO of TXU Corp., and Paul Hudson, chairman of the Public Utility
Commission of Texas.
“Texas is still in the process of moving toward a fully deregulated
system,” said Craig Pirrong, UH-GEMI energy markets director.
“The conference is a mid-course report on the progress we’ve
made.”
The market will be fully deregulated in 2007, when the “price
to beat” rates are phased out. The rates, set by the Public
Utility Commission of Texas, are a benchmark for customers shopping
for electricity providers.
For an agenda or to register, go to https://www.bauer.uh.edu/gemi/new/power.htm.
General admission is $99. Government employees with valid identification
will receive a 50 percent discount.
To learn more about UH-GEMI, go to http://www.bauer.uh.edu/gemi/.
WHO: |
UH’s Global Energy Management Institute
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WHAT: |
Is Deregulation Good for the Consumer? |
WHEN: |
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
8:30 a.m. Opening remarks
8:45 a.m. Producer’s Panel
9:30 a.m. Consumer’s Panel
10:30 a.m. Policy Panel
11:15 a.m. Midday Address with John C. Wilder, CEO & president,
TXU Energy
12:30 p.m. Paul Hudson, chairman, Texas Utility Commission |
WHERE: |
UH Hilton Hotel |
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