Technogenesis^® TV show investigates competition in the energy industry

The recent news about California's experiences in the deregulated energy market have resulted in an increase in both regional and national concerns about the future of the industry. This Sunday, experts debate the issue of energy competition and whether deregulation will truly bring benefits to consumers on Technogenesis^®, a new TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology, in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network.

Featured guests include Matthew Holden, Jr., public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Ken Malloy, president of the Center for Advancement of Energy Markets.

The Technogenesis program, "Energy Deregulation," airs at 7:30 p.m. on cn8, the Comcast Network, each of the following Sundays: April 8, April 22, May 6 and May 20. Check local cable listings for cn8 in your area.

Dr. Holden is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He is also the Henry L. and Grace M. Doherty Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is currently working on a study tentatively titled Regulatory Policy and Practice. Holden has been a member of the President's Air Quality Advisory Board, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of the Task Force on Electric System Reliability.

Ken Malloy is the president of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM), an independent, non-profit, Washington, D.C.-based think tank specializing in the impact of technology and restructuring on energy markets. He has been instrumental in leading the energy industry's transition from monopoly regulation to consumer choice markets. Malloy was also the U.S. Department on Energy's lead career official on policies relating to competition, regulatory reform and industry restructuring for three presidential administrations (1987-1996).

Co-produced by Stevens and Comcast, the half-hour Technogenesis programs feature government, research and industry leaders discussing some of the most challenging real-world issues facing science and technology today.

Hosted by Stevens President Harold J. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes two or more special guests from the areas of science, technology, government, education, business or industry.

The Comcast Network is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks reaching close to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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