2016 POWER Conference
on Energy Research and Policy
March 18, 2016
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-10:30am: Session 1
“Dynamic Technology Subsidies: Evidence from Residential Solar PV in California” Ashley Langer* (University of Arizona) and Derek Lemoine (University of Arizona)
“Capital versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Investment” Joseph Aldy (Harvard University), Todd Geraden (Harvard University), and Richard Sweeney* (Boston College)
Discussants:
Erin Mansur, Dartmouth
Matt Rogers, McKinsey & Company
Break
10:30am-12:20pm: Session 2
“The Economics of Fixed Cost Recovery by Utilities” Severin Borenstein (University of California, Berkeley)
“The Incentive to Overinvest in Energy Efficiency: Evidence from Hourly Smart-Meter Data” Kevin Novan* (University of California, Davis) and Aaron Smith (University of California, Davis)
Discussants:
Jim Tracy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Lucas Davis, University of California, Berkeley
12:20pm-1:45pm: Lunch
1:45pm-2:30pm: Session 3
“The Welfare Effects of Nudges: A Case Study of Energy Use Social Comparisons” Hunt Allcott* (NYU) and Judd Kessler (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant:
Nathaniel Higgins, Economic Research Service, USDA
Break
3:00pm-4:15pm: Session 4
“Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation” Steve Cicala (University of Chicago)
“Financial Arbitrage and Efficient Dispatch in Wholesale Electricity Markets” John Parsons* (MIT), Cathleen Colbert (CAISO), Jeremy Larrieu (FERC), Taylor Martin (FERC), and Erin Mastrangelo (FERC)
Discussants:
Matthew White, ISO New England
James Bushnell, University of California, Davis
Break
4:15pm-5:00pm: Session 5
“Operational Benefits of Meeting California’s Energy Storage Targets” Josh Eichman (NREL), Paul Denholm (NREL), Jennie Jorgenson(NREL), and Udi Helman* (Helman Analytics)
Discussant:
Catherine Wolfram, University of California, Berkeley
5:00pm-6:30pm: Reception
*Denotes presenter
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