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Upcoming: April 25, 2025

Environment, Resource, and Energy Economics Student Seminar, Garrison Schlauch, Sarah O’Brien, and Thor Larson, UC Berkeley

Upcoming: April 28, 2025

Energy Markets Workshop, Veronica Jacome, Temple University, “The 20th Century History of Reliability in the Western US"

Upcoming: May 2, 2025

Environmental and Energy Economics Seminar, Mar Reguant, Northwestern University, “Smart Rationing: Designing Shortage Mechanisms for Extreme Events”

Upcoming: June 16, 17, 18, and 20, 2025

Registration Open for Economics of Energy and the Environment - Virtual Executive Education Course (Early Bird Rates End May 28th!)

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The Political Horseshoe Comes for Geoengineering

April 21, 2025

Can Data Centers Flex Their Power Demand?

April 14, 2025

Winners and Losers from Interregional Transmission

April 7, 2025

In the Media

April 2025

California Doubles Down on Key Emissions Program After Trump Calls It ‘Radical’ - Meredith Fowlie on The Future of The Cap and Trade Program in California

April 2025

This Homeowner Cut Her Heating Bill in Half — and Got a $1,200 Tax Credit - Severin Borenstein and Lucas Davis on Clean Energy Tax Break Incentives

April 2025

Bay Area Solar Power Owners Could See More Cuts to Incentives - Severin Borenstein on Cuts to Solar Power Owner Incentives

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Research Highlights

Working Paper

"The Trouble with Green Subsidies" - James Sallee

Working Paper

"Do Time-of-Use Prices Deliver Energy Savings at the Right Time?" - Aaron Smith

Working Paper

"The Effects of “Buy American”: Electric Vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act" - Hunt Allcott, Reigner Kane, Max Maydanchik, Joseph Shapiro, and Felix Tintelnot

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Latest News

Meredith Fowlie in LAist: Utilities Are Planning to Bury Power Lines After The LA Fires. Should They?(4/22/25)

Severin Borenstein in ABC 7 News, SFGATE, SF Chronicle, CapRadio, KQED, and KCBS Radio: How Would the Potential Closure of the Valero Benicia Refinery Impact Gas Prices?(4/17/25)

Meredith Fowlie in KQED: California Doubles Down on Key Emissions Program After Trump Calls It ‘Radical’(4/16/25)

 

 

 

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