Christopher Knittel
@knittelmit.bsky.social
MIT Prof of Applied Economics and Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability, MIT Sloan; Director of Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research; Director MIT Climate Policy Center; Caiden’s Dad.
I am excited that my energy economics and policy class is part of a really cool MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP). Learn more here: www.povertyactionlab.org/page/dedp-mi...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I am excited that my energy economics and policy class is part of a really cool MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP). Learn more here: www.povertyactionlab.org/page/dedp-mi...
Enroll now!
Enroll now!
New paper out today in Nature Energy!
We evaluate how Congressional proposals for policy-driven transmission expansion would shape U.S. electricity costs, emissions, and reliability. Big implications for climate and grid planning.
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#EnergyPolicy #Transmission #CleanEnergy
We evaluate how Congressional proposals for policy-driven transmission expansion would shape U.S. electricity costs, emissions, and reliability. Big implications for climate and grid planning.
rdcu.be/eS7lj
#EnergyPolicy #Transmission #CleanEnergy
Implications of policy-driven transmission expansion for costs, emissions and reliability in the USA
Nature Energy - Interregional transmission is key to a cost-efficient, reliable and cleaner US grid. Senga et al. find that current legislative proposals can increase reliability while capturing...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New paper out today in Nature Energy!
We evaluate how Congressional proposals for policy-driven transmission expansion would shape U.S. electricity costs, emissions, and reliability. Big implications for climate and grid planning.
rdcu.be/eS7lj
#EnergyPolicy #Transmission #CleanEnergy
We evaluate how Congressional proposals for policy-driven transmission expansion would shape U.S. electricity costs, emissions, and reliability. Big implications for climate and grid planning.
rdcu.be/eS7lj
#EnergyPolicy #Transmission #CleanEnergy
Electricity affordability is a major concern. A new paper with grad student Fischer Espiritu Argosino shows renewable policies aren’t driving price increases once you control for confounders.
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#EnergyAffordability #ElectricityPrices #Renewables #PolicyResearch
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#EnergyAffordability #ElectricityPrices #Renewables #PolicyResearch
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Electricity affordability is a major concern. A new paper with grad student Fischer Espiritu Argosino shows renewable policies aren’t driving price increases once you control for confounders.
ceepr.mit.edu/workingpaper...
#EnergyAffordability #ElectricityPrices #Renewables #PolicyResearch
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#EnergyAffordability #ElectricityPrices #Renewables #PolicyResearch
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New blog post today on work with @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social.
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet
This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New blog post today on work with @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social.
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
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Climate inaction is ALREADY a big expense affecting US households' costs. One of the biggest? The impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs. New post and research by @kclausing.bsky.social @knittelmit.bsky.social @cwolfram.bsky.social
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet
This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...
legal-planet.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Climate inaction is ALREADY a big expense affecting US households' costs. One of the biggest? The impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs. New post and research by @kclausing.bsky.social @knittelmit.bsky.social @cwolfram.bsky.social
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
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Faculty Director @knittelmit.bsky.social is speaking at the New Deal Leaders 15th Annual Leaders' Conference. Sessions include in-depth policy conversations on key issues, including #housing, #education, #cleanenergy, #AI, + more. buff.ly/sjRJmp8
📅 November 19-21
📍 Washington, DC
📅 November 19-21
📍 Washington, DC
15th Annual Leaders Conference – NewDEAL
Washington, DC | November 19-21
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November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Faculty Director @knittelmit.bsky.social is speaking at the New Deal Leaders 15th Annual Leaders' Conference. Sessions include in-depth policy conversations on key issues, including #housing, #education, #cleanenergy, #AI, + more. buff.ly/sjRJmp8
📅 November 19-21
📍 Washington, DC
📅 November 19-21
📍 Washington, DC
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The podcast version of our BPEA paper on “Who bears the burden of climate inaction?” (thread below, with @cwolfram.bsky.social and @knittelmit.bsky.social) just dropped .
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The podcast version of our BPEA paper on “Who bears the burden of climate inaction?” (thread below, with @cwolfram.bsky.social and @knittelmit.bsky.social) just dropped .
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
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An MIT CEEPR paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social, @gibmetcalf.bsky.social and @shereeinsaraf.bsky.social looks at the impacts from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift. Check out the full paper at the link below:
ceepr.link/42R44sv
ceepr.link/42R44sv
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
An MIT CEEPR paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social, @gibmetcalf.bsky.social and @shereeinsaraf.bsky.social looks at the impacts from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift. Check out the full paper at the link below:
ceepr.link/42R44sv
ceepr.link/42R44sv
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🧵 (1/7) With @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social, happy to announce our new paper on “Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?”, just posted for BPEA @brookings.edu.
We find large climate cost impacts that vary by both geography and income.
www.brookings.edu/articles/who...
We find large climate cost impacts that vary by both geography and income.
www.brookings.edu/articles/who...
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🧵 (1/7) With @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social, happy to announce our new paper on “Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?”, just posted for BPEA @brookings.edu.
We find large climate cost impacts that vary by both geography and income.
www.brookings.edu/articles/who...
We find large climate cost impacts that vary by both geography and income.
www.brookings.edu/articles/who...
First they came after the undocumented immigrants' speech,
who had few constitutional protections,
and I did not speak out—
because I was not undocumented.
who had few constitutional protections,
and I did not speak out—
because I was not undocumented.
March 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
First they came after the undocumented immigrants' speech,
who had few constitutional protections,
and I did not speak out—
because I was not undocumented.
who had few constitutional protections,
and I did not speak out—
because I was not undocumented.
From my awesome co-author Jen Alix-Garcia: thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From my awesome co-author Jen Alix-Garcia: thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of @harvardsalata.bsky.social and MIT CEEPR researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.
salatainstitute.harvard.edu/deploying-pl...
salatainstitute.harvard.edu/deploying-pl...
Deploying Plug & Charge technology can speed EV adoption - The Salata Institute
Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of Harvard and MIT researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.
salatainstitute.harvard.edu
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of @harvardsalata.bsky.social and MIT CEEPR researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.
salatainstitute.harvard.edu/deploying-pl...
salatainstitute.harvard.edu/deploying-pl...
Submit your interesting paper to the Spring @nberpubs.bsky.social EEE meetings. The great
#PaulinaOliva and @stevecicala.bsky.social ky.social
are sure to pick an amazing set of papers.
DEADLINE IS IN 9 DAYS!!
March 27-28, 2025
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
#PaulinaOliva and @stevecicala.bsky.social ky.social
are sure to pick an amazing set of papers.
DEADLINE IS IN 9 DAYS!!
March 27-28, 2025
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
Submission: Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
conference.nber.org
January 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Submit your interesting paper to the Spring @nberpubs.bsky.social EEE meetings. The great
#PaulinaOliva and @stevecicala.bsky.social ky.social
are sure to pick an amazing set of papers.
DEADLINE IS IN 9 DAYS!!
March 27-28, 2025
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
#PaulinaOliva and @stevecicala.bsky.social ky.social
are sure to pick an amazing set of papers.
DEADLINE IS IN 9 DAYS!!
March 27-28, 2025
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
You should listen to this podcast! You can skip the most recent one, but the others are worthwhile! #energysky #econsky #climatesky
energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...
energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...
The next four years of U.S. energy
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal key climate and energy legislation enacted under the Biden administration. What should we expect over the next four years and what will this mean for c...
energy.mit.edu
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 PM
You should listen to this podcast! You can skip the most recent one, but the others are worthwhile! #energysky #econsky #climatesky
energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...
energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...
My amazing post doc, Juan Senga, presenting our work using a revealed preference argument to estimate the non-engineering costs associated with building transmission at the #CEEPR workshop.
December 3, 2024 at 9:58 PM
My amazing post doc, Juan Senga, presenting our work using a revealed preference argument to estimate the non-engineering costs associated with building transmission at the #CEEPR workshop.
Looking forward to our #CEEPR fall workshop in DC. A great lineup of papers and our largest registration ever! 1/3 academics, 1/3 industry, 1/3 policy makers.
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#energysky
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#energysky
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December 3, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Looking forward to our #CEEPR fall workshop in DC. A great lineup of papers and our largest registration ever! 1/3 academics, 1/3 industry, 1/3 policy makers.
ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/u...
#energysky
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#energysky
Frying a turkey in a log cabin in the middle of a New Hampshire forest? What can go wrong!? At least there isn’t an open flame.
Happy #Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy #Thanksgiving everyone!
November 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Frying a turkey in a log cabin in the middle of a New Hampshire forest? What can go wrong!? At least there isn’t an open flame.
Happy #Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy #Thanksgiving everyone!
A quick calculation on #Trump's #tariffs. We import ~$900B from Ca and M. 25% tariff. Assume a 75% pass-through (low?), that's a $1,000 tax on the avg US household. We import $430B from China. 10% tariff => $250/HH.
Here comes a $1,250/year tax on US households?
#TrumpTradeWar
Here comes a $1,250/year tax on US households?
#TrumpTradeWar
November 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM
A quick calculation on #Trump's #tariffs. We import ~$900B from Ca and M. 25% tariff. Assume a 75% pass-through (low?), that's a $1,000 tax on the avg US household. We import $430B from China. 10% tariff => $250/HH.
Here comes a $1,250/year tax on US households?
#TrumpTradeWar
Here comes a $1,250/year tax on US households?
#TrumpTradeWar
Hey #energysky #econsky #academicsky,
If you haven't tried, try #Google's #NotebookLM podcast feature. Just upload a paper and hit go. I plan to use these for my class. It seems to do a decent job at AI generating the podcast.
If you haven't tried, try #Google's #NotebookLM podcast feature. Just upload a paper and hit go. I plan to use these for my class. It seems to do a decent job at AI generating the podcast.
Sign in - Google Accounts
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November 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Hey #energysky #econsky #academicsky,
If you haven't tried, try #Google's #NotebookLM podcast feature. Just upload a paper and hit go. I plan to use these for my class. It seems to do a decent job at AI generating the podcast.
If you haven't tried, try #Google's #NotebookLM podcast feature. Just upload a paper and hit go. I plan to use these for my class. It seems to do a decent job at AI generating the podcast.
My son and I always behave myopically at hotpot. The ride home is always painful.
November 25, 2024 at 2:42 AM
My son and I always behave myopically at hotpot. The ride home is always painful.
Excited to share our new paper: "Using Information to Curb Racial Discrimination" with Don MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, @ozaltun.bsky.social, @dansvirsky.bsky.social, & @stephenzoepf.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w33118
#EconSky #EnergySky #TechSky #ResearchSky
www.nber.org/papers/w33118
#EconSky #EnergySky #TechSky #ResearchSky
Using Information to Curb Racial Discrimination
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Excited to share our new paper: "Using Information to Curb Racial Discrimination" with Don MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, @ozaltun.bsky.social, @dansvirsky.bsky.social, & @stephenzoepf.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w33118
#EconSky #EnergySky #TechSky #ResearchSky
www.nber.org/papers/w33118
#EconSky #EnergySky #TechSky #ResearchSky
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Highlighting rider ratings can reduce ride cancellations for groups vulnerable to bias, but other relevant information has a smaller, non-significant effect, from Christopher R. Knittel, Donald MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, Bora Ozaltun, Dan Svirsky, and Stephen Zoepf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33118
November 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Highlighting rider ratings can reduce ride cancellations for groups vulnerable to bias, but other relevant information has a smaller, non-significant effect, from Christopher R. Knittel, Donald MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, Bora Ozaltun, Dan Svirsky, and Stephen Zoepf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33118
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Faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com feature on oil companies retreating from clean energy:
“If we want to combat climate change, we need to make it in the firms’ and consumers’ self-interest to produce and buy the low-carbon alternatives”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
“If we want to combat climate change, we need to make it in the firms’ and consumers’ self-interest to produce and buy the low-carbon alternatives”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy
As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com feature on oil companies retreating from clean energy:
“If we want to combat climate change, we need to make it in the firms’ and consumers’ self-interest to produce and buy the low-carbon alternatives”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
“If we want to combat climate change, we need to make it in the firms’ and consumers’ self-interest to produce and buy the low-carbon alternatives”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...