Title: Creating balanced energy market structures: equal valuation of supply and demand side initiatives

Authors: Kimberly E. Samaha, Thomas L. Welch, John A. Anderson, Thomas R. Casten, Cody Graves

Addresses: Bordeaux Energy Colloquium, 4 Rue du Bois de Boulogne, 92200 Neuilly sur Seine, France. ' PJM Interconnection, 995 Jefferson Ave., Norristown, PA 19403, USA. ' Electricity Consumers Resource Council (ELCON), 1333 H Street N.W. &ndash 8th Floor West Tower, Washington, DC 20005, USA. ' Primary Energy Holdings, 200 York Rd. Suite 129, Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA. ' Automated Energy Inc., 4100 Perimeter Center Drive Suite 202, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, USA

Abstract: Now in its fifth year, the Bordeaux Energy Colloquium was originally created to bring together the voices of various industry constituents to engage in a series of dialogues regarding the creation of a competitive energy marketplace. Each year, Colloquium members consider key variables within various contexts and evaluate their effect on the global transition trend from regulation to competition in energy markets. Fall-2005 Colloquium members agreed that the fundamental imbalance between how supply and demand options are valued is a key stumbling block in the proper functioning of energy markets. Working under the auspices of the Bordeaux Energy Colloquium, 2005 members created a call for action paper that attempts to identify important points of leverage that can be used to further unleash the potential of energy systems in favour of new lines of development.

Keywords: demand response; energy policy; retail markets; real-time pricing; energy market structures; supply and demand; Bordeaux Energy Colloquium.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2007.012115

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2007 Vol.27 No.1, pp.1 - 14

Published online: 21 Jan 2007 *

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