IPU Online brings timely Interactive audio and video webcasts on contemporary topics to the regulatory policy community. IPU Online events are presented live and also archived for later use. IPU Online is a production of MSU Instructional Media Center and MSU Broadcasting Services (www.wmsu.org). Visit often for new events.
February 27.2008
Archived Webcast (Audio and presentation materials)
The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) in collaboration with IPU-MSU Present this Special IPU-Online Workshop. Special topics will include:
Overview of the roles, purposes, and types of evaluation,
Aligning evaluation requirements with policy objectives, and matching evaluation
strategies with program decision-making needs,
Key issues and methods in program evaluation, and
Estimating the effects of market transformation, education, marketing, and behavioral change approaches.
April 5.2004
Today's best methods for siting tomorrow's critical utility infrastructure facilities
Archived webcast (Audio only)
This special all-day educational workshop covers:
The Facility Siting Challenge: Critical Issues and Emerging Solutions (8:10 to 9:00)
Comparing Perspectives and Lessons Learned (9:15 to 10:45)
Jurisdictional and Legal Issues (11:00 to 12:00)
Economic and Financial Issues (1:00 to 2:15)
Geographic Information System (GIS), Optimization, and Other Analytical Tools (2:30 to 3:45)
Stakeholder Involvement and Dispute Resolution (4:00 to 5:00)
Informing and Improving the Siting Process: Roundtable Wrap-up Session (5:00 to 5:30).
February 19.2004
Archived webcast (Audio Only)
The Quello Center and the Institute of Public Utilities of Michigan State University jointly present this special event, “Internet Telephony (VOIP): Business, Regulatory, and Policy Challenges.” For the first hour (1:00-2:00 pm EST), FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy will present keynote address. A panel discussion will follow (2:30 to 4:30 pm EST). The program will be held in the Union Building on the MSU campus.
October 9.2003
Archived Webcast (Audio only)
In this presentation, IPU Senior Fellow Dr. Kenneth Rose discusses his recently completed Annual Performance Review of Electric Power Markets. Dr. Rose, a Senior Fellow with the Institute of Public Utilities, was joined by Michael Wroblewski and Dr. John Hilke of the Federal Trade Commission in this exclusive forum.
September 11.2003
Archived webcast (Audio only)
A panel of officials including state utility commissioners, analysts and academics discuss the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Triennial Review Order.
Among those participating in the discussion are: Dr. Steven Wildman and Dr. Johannes Bauer from the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences and the Quello Center; Michelle Cary, Chief of the competition Policy Division of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau; and Commissioner Rebecca Klein, chair of the Texas Public Service Commission and head of a national task force that is examining states' roles in the Triennial Review. Also participating are Professor David Gabel of Queens College in New York and economic analyst Robert Loube. Wildman, Bauer, Gabel and Loube are all nationally recognized figures in telecommunications issues and regular IPU program faculty members.
August 15.2002
Archived webcast (Audio only)
At a special CAMP NARUC 2002 session, senior staff members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) discuss the recent proposed changes to the agency’s policy on market based rate contracts for wholesale of electric energy by public utilities. The overview presentation is followed by a question and answer session.