Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference
Organized by Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and James H. Stock
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
May 20, 2021

Thursday, May 20

Format: 25 minutes for presentations following by 20 minutes for Q&A

10:15 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:30 am

Coal Fired Power Plant Retirements in the U.S.

Rebecca J. Davis, Stephen F. Austin State University
J. Scott Holladay, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)
Charles Sims, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)

11:15 am

Implications of Residential Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution and Welfare

Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER

12:00 pm

Break

12:15 pm

Guest Speaker - Heather Boushey, Member, White House Council of Economic Advisors

1:15 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Future paths of electric vehicle adoption in the United States: Predictable determinants, obstacles and opportunities

James Archsmith, University of Maryland, College Park
Erich Muehlegger, University of California, Davis and NBER
David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis

2:15 pm

Long-Term Resource Adequacy in High Intermittent Renewables Wholesale Electricity Markets: Lessons from California

Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Designing Fuel Economy Standards in Light of Greater Electric Vehicle Offerings

Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University and NBER

4:00 pm

Business Cycles and Environmental Policy

Barbara Annicchiarico, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Stefano Carattini, Georgia State University
Carolyn Fischer, The World Bank
Garth Heutel, Georgia State University and NBER

4:45 pm

Adjourn