Listing of Major JBS Reports, Papers, and Publications

Many of these publications are available from JBS Energy upon request

• W. Marcus, G. Ruszovan and J. Nahigian. Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting California Residential Energy Use.  For The Utility Reform Network (TURN). September, 2002.

• W. Marcus. A Blueprint for Renegotiating California’s Worst Energy Contracts.  For six California consumer and environmental groups. February 2002.

• W. Marcus and J. Hamrin. “How We Got Into the California Energy Crisis.”  January, 2001.

• W. Marcus and G, Ruszovan.  Mid-Atlantic States Cost Curve Analysis. For the National Association of Energy Service Companies and the Pace Law School Energy Project. November, 2000.

• W. Marcus and G, Ruszovan. Cost Curve Analysis of the California Power Markets.  For The Utility Reform Network. September, 2000.

• W. Marcus and G. Schilberg, Restructuring and Stranded Costs: Theory, Practice, and Implications. For the Attorney General of Arkansas. September 2000.

• G. Schilberg, W. Marcus and J. Helmich, “Report on the Gas Regulator Replacement Program of Pacific Gas & Electric Company,” for the Consumer Services Division of the California Public Utilities Commission. April, 2000.

• W. Marcus and E. Coyle. “Customer Charges in the Restructured World: Historical, Policy, and Technical Issues,” adapted from a presentation to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Energy Resources and Environment Committee, July 20, 1999.

• G. Schilberg, “Customer Service Standards and Guarantees: a Nationwide Survey and Comparison to the ScottishPower/Pacificorp Offer.” On behalf of Scottish Power. May, 1999.

• W. Marcus. “Leveraging Utility Incumbency In Metering And Billing Services Under Retail Competition,” presentation to the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, November, 1998.

• W. Marcus, Economic Report: Estimated costs of Accelerated Repaving Required as a Result of Utility Excavation in San Francisco Streets. For City and County of San Francisco. November, 1998.

• W. Marcus, Review of Performance of Nuclear and Supercritical Coal Plants for Maryland’s Generating Unit Performance Program. For Maryland Office of People’s Counsel. August, 1998.

• W. Marcus and J. Hamrin.  A Guide to Stranded Cost Valuation and Calculation Methods. February, 1997. Prepared for the City of Philadelphia; revised for Internet dissemination through William Spratley’s LEAP Letter.

• W. Marcus and G. Schilberg, Renewables as a Market Strategy for Washington Water Power in a Restructured Electric Industry. For Collaborative of Washington Water Power Co. and Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, and Renewable Northwest Project. January, 1997.

• W. Marcus, “Is There Life for Wind Power After Restructuring?” Proceedings of the Canadian Wind Energy Association 1996 Conference.

• W. Marcus, Review of Performance of Nuclear and Supercritical Coal Plants for Maryland’s Generating Unit Performance Program. For Maryland Office of People’s Counsel. May, 1996.

• W. Marcus et al. Photovoltaic Regulatory and Policy Issues for the Photovoltaic Education Program of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. June, 1996 (first phase June, 1995). (principal author)

• Evaluation of the Performance of Nuclear and Supercritical Coal Plants for Maryland’s Generation Unit Performance Program, for the Maryland People’s Counsel. May, 1996.

• Review of Draft Code of Conduct for the Proposed Australian Competitive Electricity Market, for the Australian Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories, Climate Change Branch, co-authored with Dr. Jan Hamrin and Carl Weinberg. January, 1996.

• Energy Externalities: An Examination of Practices, Results and Implications, for Environment Canada, co-authored with Passmore Associates International, November, 1995.

• Analysis of Ex Parte Contact Notices Filed at the California Public Utilities Commission, January -July 1995. For Toward Utility Rate Normalization and Utility Consumers Action Network. September, 1995.

• Performance-Based Ratemaking: Principles and Design Issues for the Energy Foundation, principal author with Dian Grueneich. November, 1994.

• Affected With the Public Interest: Electric Industry Restructuring in an Era of Competition . for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, co-authored with Dr. Jan Hamrin and Carl Weinberg. October, 1994.

• Energy Impact Analyses for the Draft 1994 Air Quality Management Plan for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. October, 1994.

• Ratemaking Treatment for DSM Programs in Texas: A Cost Evaluation for Texas Ratepayers’ Organization to Save Energy. August, 1994.

• State of California’s Major Accounts Database, Version 6.0, Data Management Procedures, for the California Department of General Services, Office of Energy Assessments, October, 1993.

• “Valuing Wind's System Reliability Contribution.” Proceedings of the Canadian Wind Energy Association 1993 Conference. September, 1993.

• Tunisia Wind Project Economic Analysis. Prepared for U.S. Windpower Inc. and the Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz. January, 1992.

• "A Method for Determining the Value of Externalities." Proceedings of the International Association of Energy Economists, Ottawa Chapter, Conference on Externalities. November, 1991.

• “An Evaluation of the Economics of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Reactor .” Energy, vol. 16 no. 3, 1991 . pp. 685-691. (P. Craig and W. Marcus)

• Analysis of Cost-Effective Nitrogen Oxide Control Scenarios on Five Southern California Utilities: Annual and Peak Day Generation. for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. March, 1991.

• Complement Technique au Memoire du Grand Conseil des Cris (du Quebec) a la Commission de l’Economie et du Travail de l’Assemblee Nationale Du Quebec, for the Grand Council of the Cree (of Quebec). May, 1990. (co-author).

• Northern California Power Markets: Needs and Values of New Resources in the 1990’s. Prepared for parties wanting to sell power in Northern California, November, 1989.

• Demand Side Management Potential of Major State Facilities in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Service Area. for the California Department of General Services. September, 1989. (principal author with five subcontractors).

• Economic Evaluation of the Quadrex Proposal to Acquire the Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant and Sell Power to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. For SMUD Director Edward Smeloff. August, 1989.