Distributional Consequences of New Energy Policies Preconference
Organized by Catherine Hausman and Arik Levinson
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
May 23-24, 2022
On Zoom
Monday, May 23
10:45 am
Welcome
Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER
11:00 am

Understanding the Inequality and Welfare Impacts of Carbon Tax Policies

Stephie Fried, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Kevin Novan, University of California, Davis
William B. Peterman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am

Distributional Impacts of Proposed Electricity Sector Policies

Maxwell L. Brown, Colorado School of Mines
Jon M. Becker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jared Carbone, Colorado School of Mines
Caroline L. Hughes, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
James McFarland, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Daniel C. Steinberg, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Discussant:
Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future
12:00 noon
Break
12:15 pm
Keynote Presentation
Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
1:15 pm
Break
1:30 pm

Job Quality and the Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy

Luis A. Fernandez Intriago, Environmental Defense Fund
Marc Hafstead, Resources for the Future
Roberton C. Williams III, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

Discussant:
Sebastian Rausch, ZEW-Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
2:00 pm

Distributional Equity in the Employment and Wage Impacts of Energy Transitions

Ben Gilbert, Colorado School of Mines
Hannah Gagarin, Sandia National Labs
Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Discussant:
Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER
2:30 pm
Breakout rooms with authors of today's papers
3:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, May 24
11:00 am

Utility Disconnection Protections and the Incidence of Energy Insecurity in the United States

Trevor M. Memmott, Indiana University
Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania
David Konisky, Indiana University
Michelle Graff, Cleveland State University

Discussant:
Yueming Lucy Qiu, University of Maryland, College Park
11:30 am

Who Will Pay for the Energy Transition? Affordability, Efficiency, and Retail Energy Price Regulation

Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Steve Cicala, Tufts University and NBER
12:00 noon
Break
12:15 pm
Keynote Presentation
Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER
1:15 pm
Break
1:30 pm

Valuing Solar Subsidies

Bryan Bollinger, Dartmouth College
Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University and NBER
A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Michigan State University

Discussant:
Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
2:00 pm

Distributional Consequences of Policies for Electric Heat Conversion

Soren T. Anderson, Michigan State University and NBER
A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Michigan State University

Discussant:
Erica Myers, University of Calgary and NBER
2:30 pm
Breakout rooms with authors of today's papers
3:00 pm
Adjourn