Distributional Consequences of New Energy Policies Preconference

Catherine Hausman and Arik Levinson, Organizers

May 23-24, 2022

On Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, May 23
10:45 am
Welcome
Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER
11:00 am
Stephie Fried, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Kevin Novan, University of California at Davis
William B. Peterman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Understanding the Inequality and Welfare Impacts of Carbon Tax Policies
Discussant: Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am
Maxwell L. Brown, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jon M. Becker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jared Carbone, Colorado School of Mines
Caroline L. Hughes, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
James McFarland, Environmental Protection Agency
Daniel C. Steinberg, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Distributional Impacts of Proposed Electricity Sector Policies
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
Luis A. Fernandez Intriago, Environmental Defense Fund
Marc Hafstead, Resources for the Future
Roberton C. Williams III, University of Maryland and NBER

Job Quality and the Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
Discussant: Sebastian Rausch, ZEW-Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
2:00 pm
Ben Gilbert, Colorado School of Mines
Hannah Gagarin, Sandia National Labs
Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Distributional Equity in the Employment and Wage Impacts of Energy Transitions
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
Trevor M. Memmott, Indiana University
Sanya Carley, Indiana University
David Konisky, Indiana University
Michelle Graff, Cleveland State University

Utility Disconnection Protections and the Incidence of Energy Insecurity in the United States
Discussant: Yueming Lucy Qiu, University of Maryland
11:30 am
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

Who Will Pay for the Energy Transition? Affordability, Efficiency, and Retail Energy Price Regulation
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
Bryan Bollinger, New York University
Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University and NBER
A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Michigan State University

Valuing Solar Subsidies
Discussant: Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
2:00 pm
Soren T. Anderson, Michigan State University and NBER
A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Michigan State University

Distributional Consequences of Policies for Electric Heat Conversion
Discussant: Erica Myers, University of Calgary and NBER
2:30 pm
Breakout rooms with authors of today's papers
3:00 pm
Adjourn