Registration is now full for the Energy Institute’s annual POWER Conference on energy research and policy on March 21st. Attendees come to POWER to learn about exciting new research on energy markets and regulation from top tier scholars, and exchange ideas with energy policy and business professionals.
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Program:
Abstracts will be linked as they become available.
8:00am – 8:45am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45am – 9:00am: Welcome Remarks
9:00am – 10:35am: Session 1
“The Customer Economics of Residential Building Electrification Under Alternative Rates”
Severin Borenstein (University of California, Berkeley), Meredith Fowlie (University of California, Berkeley), and James Sallee* (University of California, Berkeley)
“Can Electric Vehicles Aid the Renewable Transition? Evidence from a Field Experiment Incentivising Midday Charging”
Lana Friesen (University of Queensland), Andrea La Nauze* (Deakin University), Kai Li Lim (University of Queensland), Flavio Menezes (University of Queensland), Lionel Page (University of Queensland), Thara Philip (University of Queensland), and Jake Whitehead (University of Sydney)
Discussants: Hunt Allcott (Stanford University) and Mike Delaney (PG&E)
10:35am – 11:05am: Break
11:05am – 12:40pm: Session 2
“Power Flows, Part 2: Transmission Lowers U.S. Generation Costs, But Generator Incentives Are Not Aligned”
Dasom Ham (University of Michigan), Owen Kay (University of Michigan), and Catherine Hausman* (University of Michigan)
“Gone with the Wind: Renewable Energy Infrastructure, Welfare, and Redistribution”
Milan Quentel* (Stanford University)
Discussants: Lucas Davis (University of California, Berkeley) and Gabriel Aguilera (New Mexico Public Regulation Commission)
12:40pm – 1:50pm: Lunch
1:50pm – 1:55pm: Welcome Back Remarks
1:55pm – 2:55pm: Session 3
“Greenhouse Gases Resulting from Grid-Connected Electricity Demand: Three Pillars and Scope Two”
Karl Dunkle Werner (U.S. Treasury) and Arik Levinson* (Georgetown University)
Discussant: Dylan Sullivan (Google)
2:55pm – 3:25pm: Break
3:25pm – 5:00pm: Session 4
“Inframarginal Investments with Clean Energy Subsidies: Evidence from the Inflation Reduction Act”
John Bistline* (EPRI) and Asa Watten (EPRI)
“Modeling Uncertainty in Climate Policy: An Application to the US IRA”
James Bushnell* (University of California, Davis) and Aaron Smith (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussants: Matthias Fripp (Energy Innovation) and Katie Pickrell (Evolved Energy Research)
5:00pm – 5:05pm: Closing Remarks
5:05pm – 6:30pm: Reception
*Denotes presenter
Registration Fees:
General Attendees:
$800 – early bird rate if you register by March 7, 2025
$900 – regular rate if you register after March 7, 2025
Government/Academics/Non-Profit:
$300 – early bird rate if you register by March 7, 2025
$350 – regular rate if you register after March 7, 2025
UCB Students who are members of BERC:
$90 – early bird rate if you register by March 7, 2025
$110 – regular rate if you register after March 7, 2025
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