Events
Energy Research and Policy
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Chevron Auditorium, International House
University of California, Berkeley
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-2320
Agenda:
8:00am-9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome
9:15am - 12:30pm: Morning Session
Energy Efficiency Programs and Evaluation
"Energy Conservation 'Nudges' and Environmentalist Ideology: Evidence from a Randomized Residential Electricity Field Experiment" Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn (University of California, Los Angeles and NBER)
"EIA's Energy Efficiency Program Data: Toxic If Swallowed," Marvin J. Horowitz (Demand Research LLC)
Discussants:
Maximilian Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley)
Karen Palmer (Resources for the Future)
BREAK
Consumer Response to Retail Electricity Pricing
"How Do Consumers Respond to Nonlinear Pricing? Evidence from Household Electricity Demand," Koichiro Ito (University of California, Berkeley and Energy Institute at Haas)
"An Experimental Comparison of Critical Peak and Real-Time Pricing," Frank Wolak (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Ahmad Faruqui (The Brattle Group)
Lucas Davis (University of California, Berkeley and Energy Institute at Haas)
12:30pm - 1:45pm: LUNCH
Lunchtime Keynote Address
"Electricity Policy for America: Enabling a Smart Grid, End to End," Mason Willrich (Senior Advisor, MIT Energy Innovation Project; Chair, California ISO Board of Governors; and Director, California Clean Energy Fund)
1:45pm - 5:00pm: Afternoon Session
Integrating Renewables into the Grid
"Building Blocks: Investment in Renewable and Non-Renewable Generation Technologies," James Bushnell (Iowa State University and NBER)
"Renewables and Storage: Does Size Matter?" Judy Chang, Kathleen Spees and Jurgen Weiss (The Brattle Group)
Discussants:
Matthew Barmack (Calpine Corporation)
Severin Borenstein (University of California, Berkeley and Energy Institute at Haas)
BREAK: Refreshments Served
Cap and Trade Programs for Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions
"Allocating Emissions Permits in Cap-and-Trade Programs: Theory and Evidence," Meredith Fowlie (University of California, Berkeley)
"Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the European Carbon Market," James Bushnell (Iowa State University and NBER), Howard Chong (University of California, Berkeley and Energy Institute at Haas) and Erin Mansur (Yale University and NBER)
Discussants:
Nathaniel Keohane (Environmental Defense Fund)
Commissioner Nancy Ryan (California Public Utilities Commission)
5:00pm - 6:00pm: Wine Reception, music provided by jazz band “Solar Wind”
