Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference

Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and James H. Stock, Organizers

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	Rebecca J. Davis, Stephen F. Austin State University J. Scott Holladay, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) Charles Sims, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) Coal Fired Power Plant Retirements in the U.S.
11:15 am	Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER Implications of Residential Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution and Welfare
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	James Archsmith, University of Maryland, College Park Erich Muehlegger, University of California, Davis and NBER David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis Future paths of electric vehicle adoption in the United States: Predictable determinants, obstacles and opportunities
2:15 pm	Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER Long-Term Resource Adequacy in High Intermittent Renewables Wholesale Electricity Markets: Lessons from California
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University and NBER Designing Fuel Economy Standards in Light of Greater Electric Vehicle Offerings
4:00 pm	Barbara Annicchiarico, University of Rome Tor Vergata Stefano Carattini, Georgia State University Carolyn Fischer, The World Bank Garth Heutel, Georgia State University and NBER Business Cycles and Environmental Policy
4:45 pm	Adjourn