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In a new blog post Meredith Fowlie explores how proposals to carve out publicly-owned utilities from larger, investor-owned utility territories raise questions about how costs are spread among customers.
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On 3/12 we are joining UC Berkeley to celebrate Big Give, Berkeley’s annual online giving day. We invite you to support the Energy Institute’s work to create a more economically and environmentally sustainable future through research, teaching, and policy engagement. Please mark your calendars.

James Sallee discusses how a deal that allows Chinese electric vehicle imports into Canada could eventually impact the US market. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/t...

Come to UC Berkeley for the POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy on 3/20/26. Early bird registration rates available through 3/6/26. See new research on energy markets and regulation and exchange ideas with energy policy and business professionals.
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Arial photo of Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, CA.

"This credit would reduce road funding, raise gasoline and diesel prices, and deliver small and expensive carbon emissions reductions." Authors: Aaron Smith, Kristen McCormack, William Scott, James Stock, Mengying Wu, Jingran Zhang.

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Grist's analysis of electricity bills drawing from analysis in @severinborenstein.bsky.social's most recent Energy Institute blog post.

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Registration is open for the POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy. 3/20/26, Berkeley, CA. See new research on energy markets and regulation and exchange ideas with energy policy and business professionals. Early Bird rates now available. haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...

Energy Institute Faculty Affiliate James Bushnell tries to explain why California Carbon Allowances prices are so low.

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A Solution for the Fast Data Center Connection Challenge Lean in on America’s fastest growing source of electricity supply. This week’s blog is co-authored with Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke. Taking projections of all utilities in the U.S. tog…

A new Energy Institute at Haas working paper models how solar and batteries can use the existing grid to meet the needs of data centers. Research by Duncan Callaway, Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke.

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@severinborenstein.bsky.social addresses whether rooftop solar can help reduce California electricity bills.

Trump’s attacks on renewables could boomerang, hit oil and gas The president’s assaults on wind and solar projects could become a playbook for disrupting fossil fuel plans in the future.

E&E News talks to @severinborenstein.bsky.social for this story about partisan energy preferences.
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Why your power bill is spiking faster than a nearby data center’s As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay.

Energy Institute Faculty Director @severinborenstein.bsky.social quoted in this article about electricity rates. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Locating the Electricity Affordability Crisis In the U.S., it’s real, but broadly mischaracterized. It started in July 2024, during the presidential campaign. Donald Trump declared a crisis in energy prices, and promised he would bring d…

Locating the Electricity Affordability Crisis. In the U.S., it’s real, but broadly mischaracterized. Energy Institute at Haas Blog post by Severin Borenstein. @severinborenstein.bsky.social

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"But for a country like Venezuela, whose oil reserves are some of the lowest quality oil reserves in the world, that's a really bad thing. Just even producing.." @campbellenergy.bsky.social on Marketplace

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This Nuclear Renaissance Has a Waste Management Problem Three sobering facts about nuclear waste in the United States. Americans are getting re-excited about nuclear power. President Trump has signed four executive orders aiming to speed up nuclear reac…

Carbon-free, dispatchable nuclear power should be part of decarb debate, but we need a clear-eyed view of pros and cons of all options. Meredith Fowlie discusses the waste management issue in the Energy Institute blog today. Then there's the cost issue.
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Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative's Alumni Gala is coming up on January 30. I'll be there, as always, to auction off the donated items (including lunch with me). Don't miss this great opportunity to catch up with old friends and network with new ones.
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Top 10 Energy Institute Blog Posts of 2025 The most popular blog posts addressed some of the most uncertain trends facing the energy industry. Readers often come to the Energy Institute Blog to read about issues their organizations are stru…

Unsuprisingly the @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social blog made it on there too. Here's @campbellenergy.bsky.social's list of their top 10 blogs from 2025. Many of these topics (data centres, rooftop solar cost shifts, refinery closures, electricity rates) came up frequently throughout the course.

This Nuclear Renaissance Has a Waste Management Problem Three sobering facts about nuclear waste in the United States. Americans are getting re-excited about nuclear power. President Trump has signed four executive orders aiming to speed up nuclear reac…

New Energy Institute Blog Post: This Nuclear Renaissance Has a Waste Management Problem - by Meredith Fowlie

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The Energy Institute at Haas is seeking an Associate Director to manage financial and research administration for the Institute and C2M. Applications accepted until 2/16 (reviews may be scheduled as soon as 1/20): haas.berkeley.edu/energy-institute/about/announcements/associate-director-search/

“'PG&E could draw it out for a very long time, throw up as many barriers as they could and demand as high a valuation as they could...'”
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#pge #electricity #outages #electricbills

Check out our Energy Institute Executive Director, @campbellenergy.bsky.social on AirTalk in Los Angeles discussing Venezuelan oil. Starting around 18:00. lnkd.in/gCTMp2J7 @laist.com

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Oil prices move higher after Donald Trump’s Venezuela strikes Investors weigh short-term disruption to exports from South American country against potential to pump more crude

Problem with claim that Venezuela news may drive up oil prices in short run but increase supply in long run: traders in futures market don't believe it. Yesterday and today, oil prices effectively unchanged for both prompt delivery and many years out.
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The Case for Trading Fuel Economy Compliance Credits Proposed new fuel economy standards would eliminate the part I like the most. Proposed new U.S. fuel economy standards would dramatically weaken requirements for the average miles-per-gallon of new…

In the EI blog today, Lucas Davis explains why the trump admin's proposal to abandon tradability across firms will make auto fuel economy standards less effective and more expensive. Doesn't look conservative or populist to me, just dumb.
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: The Case for Trading Fuel Economy Compliance Credits - by Lucas Davis

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The Energy Institute blog is on vacation for the next two weeks. It will return with a new blog post on Monday, January 5, 2026.

Happy Holidays!

Meanwhile, check out our latest post:
"Top 10 Energy Institute Blog Posts of 2025"

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AEA job market update. The numbers don't lie: this is the toughest market for PhD economists in recent memory. JOE listings are down 20% from last year. Worse: they are 19% below COVID levels. L... AEA job market update. The numbers don't lie: this is the toughest market for PhD economists in recent memory. JOE listings are down 20% from last year. Worse: they are 19% below COVID levels. Let t...

John List has a disturbing LinkedIn post on the job market for economists. Between trump's attack on university/research and his destruction of the government infrastructure for managing and evaluating policy, big hit on economics hiring.
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Amazon to scale AI-enabled efficiency tool after pilot shaves 15% from energy use The e-commerce giant plans to deploy Trane Technologies’ BrainBox AI platform across more than 30 sites within its grocery fulfillment and distribution network in the U.S.

Pretty exciting news that Amazon is using AI to reduce its total energy use. Makes sense. I hope it will expand to focus on shifting electricity use out of the most constrained hours.
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Save the date for the POWER Conference on March 20, '26 (registration opens in Jan). Learn about exciting new research on energy markets and regulation from scholars, and engage with energy policy and business professionals. Paper Submissions Due: 1/7/26. tinyurl.com/ydu4wxwh

FERC poised to issue decision on colocating large loads in PJM The agency’s plan to issue an order at its Dec. 18 open meeting is likely a boon for nuclear and gas-fired power plant owners that want to sell electricity to colocated data centers, analysts said.

This is an increasingly challenging problem as the distinction between loads and generation grows murkier. I think economics teaches us that the key will be to make sure new facilities pay at least the incremental cost of the services they receive.
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