Distributional Consequences of New Energy Policies

Catherine Hausman and Shanjun Li, Organizers

June 15-16, 2023

NBER, 2nd floor conference room, 1050 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, June 15
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am
Welcome
9:45 am
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
10:45 am
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
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
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
2:00 pm
Kaifang Luo, University of Maryland
Yueming Lucy. Qiu, University of Maryland
Pengfei Liu, University of Rhode Island
Yingdan Mei, Renmin University of China

Estimation of Property Value Changes from Nearby Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Projects in the United States
Discussant: Corey Lang, The University of Rhode Island
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
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
4:30 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception and Group Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Uni BC Room
Friday, June 16
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
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
10:00 am
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
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Maxwell L. Brown, Colorado School of Mines
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
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Adjourn