Program Summary
EEI's 2008 Transmission and Wholesale Markets School is an accredited course with the University of Wisconsin.  The five-day course provides a review of market design, transmission pricing, expansion planning, and operational issues with an emphasis on the institutional dimensions of policy.  When you join us, you will be engaged with a team of well known experts and seasoned electric industry leaders who will describe the current thinking on pricing and market design.

Our course articulates the technical and institutional issues on reliability, market reform, and competition and presents alternatives to help market players gain a comprehensive foundation and further understanding of electric market design and practice.

Who should attend
This course is intended for commercial and residential energy buyers, competitive energy service providers, employees of consumer organizations and electric and natural gas utilities, energy utility practitioners, legislative staff, regulatory staff, state and local government personnel.

Benefits
Attendees will obtain practical, non-technical knowledge of the operations and technology of the transmission industries. This will allow participants to more fully understand the role of regional transmission organizations, open access, transmission constraints, and how markets operate in the current environment. Those who are new to regulatory issues will learn which agencies regulate which parts of each industry and why. Attendees will also learn how the balance of regulation is shifting from state PSCs to FERC jurisdiction and the role of other Federal agencies such as the DOJ, FTC, DOE, etc. Finally, the participants will get an up-to-date view of current competitive and regulatory issues and will have an opportunity to debate with the experts and key industry leaders.