Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor
Economic Analysis & Policy | Energy Institute | Sustainability
Leading expert on energy economics
About
Lucas Davis is the Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor at Berkeley Haas. His research focuses on energy and environmental markets, and, in particular, on electricity and natural gas regulation, pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets, and the economic and business impacts of environmental policy. He serves as co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to moving to UC Berkeley in 2009, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Energy and Environmental Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Public Finance
At Haas since 2009
2016 – present, Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor, Haas School of Business
2009 – present, Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute at Haas
2012 – 2016, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
2009 – 2012, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
2008 – 2009, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, MIT
2005 – 2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Co-Editor, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
- Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Full-Time MBA Program, 2023
- Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Executive MBA Program, 2020
- Why heat pumps are still so hot in the US, MIT Technology Review, 07/16/2026
- Eastern Montana shatters heat records, Montana Free Press, 07/16/2026
- Many Europeans Without Air Conditioning Amid Record Heatwave, KCBS Radio, 07/01/2026
- Cost or comfort? What is the best AC temp during the heat wave, USA Today, 06/30/2026
- Data centers driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate, The Guardian, 06/18/2026
- How Kairos Power’s Albuquerque facility is anchoring its bid to remake nuclear power, Albuquerque Journal, 04/25/2026
- California wants millions of heat pumps. High power bills might get in the way, CalMatters, 02/21/2026
- Waters off California could reopen to oil drilling under Trump proposal, Straight Arrow News, 11/11/2025
- People on both sides of the aisle are warming up to nuclear energy, LAist, 10/22/2025
- The EV tax credit is ending. How could that affect the US car market?, The Christian Science Monitor , 09/30/2025
- How do Hawaiʻi residents handle the heat? Here’s what you told us, Honolulu Civil Beat, 09/15/2025
- Millions don’t use AC. Why Americans are turning off air conditioners this summer, USA Today, 07/04/2025
- Heat records in jeopardy as season’s first 90-degree readings expected in Northwest, AOL, 06/04/2025
- Illinois woman slashes heat bill, got back $1.2K with popular tax credit—but there’s ‘a risk’ it’ll go away, Yahoo Finance , 05/01/2025
- This homeowner cut her heating bill in half—and got a $1,200 tax credit, CNBC, 04/15/2025
- Energy and Environmental Markets, Full-time MBA Program
- Energy and Environmental Markets, Evening & Weekend MBA Program