2015 POWER Conference
on Energy Research and Policy
March 20, 2015
Joseph Wood Krutch Theater
Clark Kerr Campus
University of California, Berkeley
2601 Warring Street
Berkeley, CA 94720
Program:
Morning Sessions
8:00am-9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:15am: Welcome
9:15am-10:45am: Session 1
“Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments” Sebastien Houde* (University of Maryland) and Joseph Aldy (Harvard University)
“Measuring the Spatial Heterogeneity in Environmental Externalities from Driving: A Comparison of Gasoline and Electric Vehicles” Stephen Holland* (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Erin Mansur (Dartmouth University), Nicholas Muller (Middlebury College), and Andrew Yates (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Discussants:
Carmen Best (California Public Utilities Commission)
Maximilian Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley)
Break
11:10am-12:40pm: Session 2
“Default Bias, Follow‐On Behavior and Welfare in Residential Electricity Pricing Programs” Peter Cappers (LBNL), Meredith Fowlie* (University of California, Berkeley), Steve George (Nexant), Anna Spurlock (LBNL), Annika Todd (LBNL), Michael Sullivan (Nexant), and Catherine Wolfram (University of California, Berkeley)
“Financing Constraints as Barriers to Innovation: Evidence from R&D Grants to Energy Startups” Sabrina Howell (Harvard University)
Discussants:
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California, Berkeley)
Brian Steel (Cleantech to Market)
12:40pm-2:10pm: Lunch
2:10pm-2:15pm: Welcome Back
2:15pm-3:00pm: Session 3
“Do Steeply Tiered Rates Promote Conservation? An Analysis Using Aggregate Data” Russell Garwacki*, Kiphan Kan, Tram Camba, and Steve Verdon (Southern California Edison)
“The Private Net Benefits of Residential Solar PV: And Who Gets Them” Severin Borenstein (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussants:
Chair Robert Weisenmiller (California Energy Commission)
Koichiro Ito (Boston University)
Break
3:25pm-4:55pm: Session 4
“A Proximate Mirror: Greenhouse Gas Rules and Strategic Behavior under the US Clean Air Act” Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer*, Sophie Pan and Anthony Paul (Resources for the Future)
“Strategic Policy Choice in State-Level Regulation: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan” James Bushnell* (University of California, Davis), Stephen Holland (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Jonathan Hughes (University of Colorado), and Christopher R. Knittel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Matthew Barmack (Calpine)
Frank Wolak (Stanford University)
5:00pm – 6:30pm: Reception with music provided by the jazz combo “Solar Wind”
* Denotes presenter
We would like to thank our conference sponsors:
